title: Small-Sized Clone of T Cells in Multiple Myeloma Patient after Auto-SCT: T-LGL Leukemia Type or Clonal T-Cell Aberration?
abstract: Second cancers and particularly postransplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs) are extremely rare in patients undergoing autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (auto-SCT). We report the case of clonally rearranged T-cell expansion which occurred after auto-SCT for Multiple Myeloma (MM). Does asymptomatic clonal T-cell large granular lymphocytic proliferation, in our experience, represent either a secondary cancer after auto-SCT or clonal T cell aberration or derive from expansion of coexisting undetected small-sized clone of T cells?
authors.affiliation: Haematology Division and BMT Unit, Antonio Perrino Hospital, 72100 Brindisi, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mele
authors.forename: Marilena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: Maria Rosaria
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Coppi
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Loseto
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melpignano
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mauro
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quarta