Primary Cardiac Lymphoma in a Heart Transplant Recipient
Articles > Article · 2005
Authors: Deniz NART, Sanem NALBANTGİL, Tahir YAĞDI, Funda YILMAZ BARBET, Mine HEKİMGİL, G YUCE, A HAMULU
Transplantation Proceedings, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2005, vol 37, pp 1362-1364
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.01.034
Summary
Posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is one of the most serious complications of chronic immunosuppression in transplant recipients. Involvement of the cardiac allograft or development of lymphoma in the heart is extremely rare. We report a primary cardiac lymphoma that developed about 14 months after the operation in a cardiac recipient. The patient presented with vague abdominal complaints. Multiorgan failure developed within a short period of time, and the patient died. The diagnosis of "diffuse large cell lymphoma of B cell type" was made on postmortem examination.