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An increased risk of lymphoproliferative disorders has been well documented in patients who are treated with immunosuppressive agents after organ transplantation¹ and in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome². The lymphomas that develop in immunosuppressed patients after transplantation are typically large-cell lymphomas that contain Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and are closely linked to the level of competence of the immune system³. When treatment with immunosuppressive drugs is reduced or discontinued, these EBV-associated lymphomas may regress completely¹; if the patient's immune status continues to be compromised, however, the tumor may continue to proliferate and result in death.

Whether patients . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Case Reports

Patient 1

Patient 2

Methods

Histologic and Immunohistochemical Studies

Studies of In Situ Hybridization

Results

Patient 1

Patient 2

Discussion

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From the Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif. (O.W.K., M.R., R.A.W., R.F.D.); the Department of Pathology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, Calif. (L.M.W.); the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine and Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology (G.J.D.Z.), the Division of Rheumatology (P.K.H.), and the Department of Pathology (B.A.R.), Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, Calif.; and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Mountain States Tumor Institute, Boise, Idaho (P.G.M.).

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