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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Feb;50(2):415–418. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21072

TABLE I.

Pediatric T-Cell PTLD After Solid Organ Transplant

Transplant
Diagnosis of PTLD
Age and sex Organ Immu. supp After Tx After PTLD Disease type Location EBV status Clonality assay Refs.
1 4 M/f Lung Tac, Pred 3 Y 15 M-A PTL (CD4+) GI, blood, lung Neg FCM+PCR Yang
2 4 Y/f Liver Tac 5 Y 5 M-A PTL (CD4+) GI, liver, BM, CSF Neg FCM+PCR Yang
3 5 Y/f Multi-organ Tac, cellcept Pred 2 Y 5 M-A PTL (CD3+) Graft-GI Neg SB [14]
4 1 Y/m Liver CsA, Pred 3 M 1 M Polymorphous Brain Neg MNR [15]
5 4 Y/m Liver Tac 6 Y 12 M-A PTL (CD8+) GI, UR, spleen, brain, pleura Pos. PCR [16]
6 9 D/f Heart CsA, Aza 5 Y 2 M HSGD BM, liver Neg SB+PCR [17]
7 15 Y/m Heart CsA, Aza, Pred, ATG 4 M 3 M PTL (CD8+) AILD-like? Blood Pos SB [18]
8 15 Y/f Liver Tac, Pred 4 Y 17 M-A PTL (CD4+) GI Pos PCR [19]
9 1 M/m Heart NR 14 Y NR ALCL Neck LNs Pos PCR [20]
10 12 Y/m Kidney Aza, Pred 10 Y Living LBL NR Neg SB [21]
11 14 Y/m Kidney Aza, Pred 11 Y 5 M Diffuse large cell Renograft, CSF Neg SB [21]
12 5 Y/m Heart CsA, Aza, Pred 6 Y Days PTL (CD43) Spleen Pos SB [5]
13 4 Y/f Kidenys CsA, siroli 2 Y (4Y) 1 Y (3Y) B-PTLD (node) T-PTLD (liver, BM) Liver, BM, LNs Pos PCR [22]
14 14 Y/f Kidney CsA 28 Y 1 4D Agg. LGL-like CD8+ BM Neg SB [4]

m, male; f, female; Y, years; M, months; D, days; LNs, lymph nodes; Tx, transplant; CsA, cyclosporine A; Aza, azathioprine; Pred, prednisone; Tac, tacrolimus; Cellcept, mycophenolate mofetil; MTX, methotrexate; Siroli, sirolimus; -A, alive; NR, not reported; HSGD, hepatosplenic gamma/delta lymphoma; LBL, lymphoblastic lymphoma; FCM, flow cytometry; SB, Southern blot; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; MNR, method not reported.