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01.02.2012 | Case Report
Epstein–Barr virus-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for Hodgkin-like adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
verfasst von:
Toshinari Yagi, Jun Ishikawa, Nana Aono, Yukiko Yamashita, Shinsuke Kusakabe, Tetsuhiro Yoshinami, Yuki Akazawa, Daisuke Sakai, Sachiko Yamamoto, Yuri Hamanaka, Hiroaki Masaie, Naotoshi Sugimoto, Hitoshi Yoshida, Yasuhiko Tomita, Fumio Imamura
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Hematology
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Ausgabe 2/2012
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Abstract
A 56-year-old woman with Hodgkin-like adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma was treated with allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation on 17 April 2009. She manifested a moderate fever on day 41. CT scanning and other examinations detected slightly swollen lymph nodes, and pathological findings of right axillary lymph nodes revealed an Epstein–Barr virus-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder. She was successfully treated with rituximab.