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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma of brain occurring after cardiac transplantation
E Agapitos1, J Nanas, N Kavantzas
1Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece.
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research : CR
|March 20, 1998
Abstract:
This case report concerns a case of NHL which affected a 56 year-old patient after cardiac transplantation. The patient was hospitalized because of worsening congestive failure. Despite maximal medical treatment the patient continued to be in NYHA Class III-IV and underwent orthotopic cardiac allograft transplantation. The NHL developed in the CNS eighteen months after surgery and had a very quick lethal progression.
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