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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 24.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosurgery. 2013 Jun;72(6):960–970. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31828cf619

Table 5.

Treatment and survival summary 10 patients with Primary CNS Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder.

Patient Age Time to PTLD diagnosis (years) Histological Subtype Treatments Overall survival (years) Survival status Organ failure
1 42 3.1 Polymorphic ROI, DEX
HD-MTX (1 cycle)
WBRT
6.3 Died (non-PTLD) No
2 67 11.4 Monomorphic, Diffuse large B cell ROI, DEX
Rituximab
WBRT
4.9 Died (non-PTLD) No
3 44 5.8 Monomorphic, Peripheral T Cell ROI, DEX
Rituximab
WBRT
0.6 Died (non-PTLD) Yes
4 47 2.7 Monomorphic, Diffuse large B cell ROI, DEX
Rituximab
WBRT
4.3 Alive Yes
5 38 1.8 Polymorphic ROI, DEX
HD-MTX (3 cycles)
Rituximab
IT-MTX
WBRT
Temozolomide
3.3 Alive No
6 55 1.9 Monomorphic, Diffuse large B cell ROI, DEXHD-MTX (1 cycle)
Rituximab
IT-MTX
WBRT
Temozolomide
2.1 Alive No
7 56 6.3 Polymorphic ROI, DEX
Rituximab
1.4 Alive Yes
8 43 9.7 Monomorphic, Diffuse large B cell ROI, DEX
Rituximab
0.2 Died (PTLD) No
9 63 1.9 Monomorphic, Diffuse large B cell ROI, DEX
WBRT
Rituximab
0.8 Alive No
10 50 11.3 Polymorphic ROI, DEX 0.3 Alive No

Abbreviations: DEX = dexamethasone, HD-MTX = high-dose methotrexate 3.5 grams/m2 IV per cycle, IT-MTX = intrathecal methotrexate, ROI = reduction of immunosuppresion, WBRT = whole-brain radiotherapy.

Time from date of most recent SOT to date of PCNS-PTLD diagnosis.

Outcomes measured from date of PCNS-PTLD diagnosis.