Aggressive posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease in a renal transplant patient treated with alemtuzumab

American Journal of Therapeutics
Mahvish MuzaffarShobha Ratnam

Abstract

Post transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is a rare but potentially fatal complication after solid organ transplantation. The risk of PTLD varies with type of organ transplant, Epstein-Barr virus serostatus of the donor and recipient, age, and intensity of immunosuppression. We report a case of a 45-year-old man who developed aggressive PTLD 7 months after receiving a cadaveric renal transplant. He received 30 mg alemtuzumab intravenously intraoperatively as induction immunosuppression followed by maintenance immunosuppression with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil. The patient presented with intestinal perforation and gastrointestinal bleeding. Histopathology revealed Epstein-Barr virus-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with a high mitotic index involving multiple segments of small and large intestines and leading to perforation of the ileum, jejunum, and cecum. The patient had Stage IV disease and treatment consisted of immunosuppression reduction and 375 mg/m rituximab weekly for four doses. Unfortunately, the patient had recurrent intestinal perforation followed by fatal gastrointestinal bleeding. There have been very few case reports of PTLD after alemtuzumab induction in renal transplant and the case disc...Continue Reading

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