Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy (Nov 2021)

A RARE CASE: POSTTRANSPLANT NK/T CELL LYMPHOMA

  • Pınar Tığlıoğlu,
  • Mesut Tığlıoğlu,
  • Merih Reis Aras,
  • Buğra Sağlam,
  • Fatma Yılmaz,
  • Senem Maral,
  • Hacer Berna Afacan Öztürk,
  • Murat Albayrak

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 43
p. S41

Abstract

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Case report: We wanted to present our patient who was diagnosed with NK/T cell type PTLD after kidney transplantation, to contribute to the literature. Posttransplant lymphoma in NK cell phenotype (EBV unrelated) was detected in biopsy taken from the lesions that developed in mouth 11 years after kidney transplantation. It was detected as stage 1E with the examinations. As a result, early recognition of such rare cases and start treatment and reducing immunosuppressive agents are important