Fatal donor-derived Epstein-Barr virus-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder following reduced intensity volunteer-unrelated bone marrow transplant for myelodysplastic syndrome

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2002 May;29(10):867-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703552.

Abstract

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are a well recognised complication of conventional haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Reduced intensity HSCT involves intensive immunosuppression to permit engraftment. Thirty reduced intensity transplants with the FBC (fludarabine 150 mg/m2, busulphan 8 mg/m2, CAMPATH-1H 100 mg) protocol have been performed at our centre, with one confirmed EBV-positive PTLD. The female recipient developed a perforated viscus day +191 following HSCT from a volunteer unrelated male donor. A large caecal mass and a retroperitoneal abscess were excised, revealing an EBV-positive diffuse large B cell lymphoma confirmed by FISH to be of donor origin. More experience is required before the risk of PTLD in this setting can be assessed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / etiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / etiology
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / etiology
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / therapy*
  • Transplantation Conditioning
  • Transplantation, Homologous