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Disseminated peritoneal plasmacytoma following cardiac transplantation
B K Chan1, E Ranheim, R B Jeffrey
1Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room H1307, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Abdominal Imaging
|September 4, 1999
Abstract:
Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are an important comorbidity in immunosuppressed transplant patients. We describe a unique case of PTLD, a disseminated peritoneal plasmacytoma in a 56-year-old cardiac transplant patient presenting with ascites. The associated computed tomographic findings include omental thickening, mesenteric stranding, and ascites.