NK/T-cell lymphoma in a renal transplant recipient and review of literature

A Mohapatra; A Viswabandya; R Samuel; AN Deepti; S Madhivanan; GT John

doi:10.4103/0971-4065.78078

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CASE REPORT

Year : 2011 | Volume : 21 | Issue : 1 | Page : 44-47

NK/T-cell lymphoma in a renal transplant recipient and review of literature

A Mohapatra¹, A Viswabandya², R Samuel³, AN Deepti³, S Madhivanan¹, GT John¹
¹ Department of Nephrology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
² Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
³ Department of General Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Correspondence Address:
A Viswabandya
Associate Professor, Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore- 632004, Tamil Nadu
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.78078

T-cell lymphomas, particularly NK/T-cell lymphomas are rare post transplantation malignancies. Only a few cases have been described. These tumors behave aggressively and the outcome is poor. We present here a case of NK/T-cell lymphoma who presented to us with an orbital swelling 9 years after renal transplantation, along with the review of literature. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of NK/T-cell lymphoma post-renal transplantation reported from India.

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