Abstract
We describe the development of a lymphoma in a liver allograft shortly after orthotopic liver transplantation. Aspiration and core biopsies of the nodule were persistently negative so that a diagnosis could not be made until the patient underwent retransplantation, when examination of the liver resection specimen revealed a B-cell lymphoma. Using a rapid technique based on the polymerase chain reaction, we were able to demonstrate that the tumor was of donor origin.
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Ribas, Y., Rafecas, A., Figueras, J. et al. Post-transplant lymphoma in a liver allograft. Transpl Int 8, 488–491 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00335603
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