Transplacental transmission of maternal B-cell lymphoma.
We report a case of maternal malignant lymphoma transferred to the fetus during pregnancy. A 29-year-old woman developed lymphoma at 29 weeks' gestation, and her infant developed malignant lymphoma at 8 months. Immunohistochemical examinations revealed lymphoid cells of similar characteristics in the maternal, placental, and infant tissues.
Maruko
Keiko
K
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan.
Maeda
Takatsugu
T
Kamitomo
Masato
M
Hatae
Masayuki
M
Sueyoshi
Kazunobu
K
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000276:immunology