Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma manifest as gingival hyperplasia in a renal transplant recipient.
Gingival hyperplasia is a frequent complication in transplant patients who receive cyclosporine or calcium channel blockers. We studied an unusual case involving a renal transplant recipient with post-transplant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that manifested as gingival hyperplasia. We initially consider that it was a side effect of cyclosporine and nifedipine. The lesion did not respond to dose reductions or the withdrawal of cyclosporine and nifedipine, and the gingival hyperplasia progressed in a localized fashion, becoming ulcerated and bleeding easily. Histological examination revealed the presence of malignant lymphoma.
Kwon
Jung Hyun
JH
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam St Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Song
Joon Chang
JC
Lee
Sang Hun
SH
Lee
So Young
SY
Yang
Chul Woo
CW
Kim
Yong Soo
YS
Bang
Byung Kee
BK
D000328:Adult; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male