Post-transplant T-cell type lymphoproliferative disorder

Authors

Zubair Ahmad, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Aamir Ahsan, Aga Khan University
Usman Sheikh, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Khurram Minhas, Aga Khan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Department

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Abstract

Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) is a lymphoma, which develops as a result of immunosuppression in a recipient of a solid organ or bone marrow allograft. Majority are associated with Ebstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection, are mostly B-cell type and less often T-cell type. We report a case of T-cell PTLD, occurring in a renal transplant recipient.

Publication (Name of Journal)

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Recommended Citation

Ahmad, Z., Ahsan, A., Sheikh, U., Minhas, K. (2007). Post-transplant T-cell type lymphoproliferative disorder. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 17(12), 766-768.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_pathol_microbiol/955