Case Reports in Transplantation (Jan 2020)

Acute Liver Rejection in a Multiple Myeloma Patient Treated with Lenalidomide

  • Iuliana Vaxman,
  • John Eaton,
  • Hee Eun Lee,
  • Morie A. Gertz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8894922
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2020

Abstract

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Herein we present a patient that underwent a liver transplant due to primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and after 9 years developed multiple myeloma. Following the cessation of mycophenolate mofetil and 2 weeks after lenalidomide treatment was started, the patient experienced acute cellular rejection. The patient recovered after treatment with corticosteroids, resumption of mycophenolate mofetil, and cessation of lenalidomide. Lenalidomide-associated allograft rejection has been reported in other organs. However, this is the first case report of liver rejection induced by lenalidomide.