Korean Journal of Radiology

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Isolated Post-Transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disease Involving the Breast and Axilla as Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma

  • Hwang, Ji-Young (Department of Radiology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Cha, Eun Suk (Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Jee Eun (Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Sung, Sun Hee (Department of Pathology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2013.01.17
  • Accepted : 2013.02.25
  • Published : 2013.09.01
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Abstract

Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases that represent serious complications following immunosuppressive therapy for solid organ or hematopoietic-cell recipients. In contrast to B-cell PTLD, T-cell PTLD is less frequent and is not usually associated with Epstein Barr Virus infection. Moreover, to our knowledge, isolated T-cell PTLD involving the breast is extremely rare and this condition has never been reported previously in the literature. Herein, we report a rare case of isolated T-cell PTLD of the breast that occurred after a patient had been treated for allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation due to acute myeloblastic leukemia.

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