Lymphoma of host origin in a marrow transplant recipient in remission of acute myeloid leukemia and receiving cyclosporin A

Am J Hematol. 1985 Jan;18(1):73-83. doi: 10.1002/ajh.2830180110.

Abstract

Lymphomas are an uncommon complication of solid organ transplantation and rarely occur after marrow transplantation. When post-marrow transplant lymphomas have occurred, they have been of donor cell origin and when sought, Epstein-Barr virus DNA has been found in the tumor. A 21-year-old woman developed a poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma 6 months after bone marrow transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia in remission. Cyclosporin A had been used as an immunosuppressant. A chromosomal polymorphism demonstrated that the tumor was of host origin and contained a monoclonal tumor marker, 46,XX INV 4 (p16q12). The tumor did not contain the DNA of the Epstein-Barr virus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • ABO Blood-Group System
  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Cyclosporins / therapeutic use
  • DNA, Viral
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / analysis
  • Immunoglobulin Light Chains / analysis
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / pathology
  • Lymph Nodes / immunology
  • Lymphoma / etiology*
  • Metaphase
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization

Substances

  • ABO Blood-Group System
  • Cyclosporins
  • DNA, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
  • Immunoglobulin Light Chains