Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dharnidharka, Vikas R. (Editor), Green, Michael (Editor), Webber, Steven A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Nephrology.; Oncology.; Cardiac surgery.; Surgery.; Surgical transplantation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Transplant Surgery.; General Surgery.; Cardiac Surgery.; Infectious Diseases.

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders are a group of conditions that straddle the borders between infection and malignancy. They were very rare prior to the mid-1980s but now can be expected to develop in 1-10% of transplant recipients. While some cases are reversible with reduction in immun...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Perspective on the Early Studies of Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD)
• Epidemiology of PTLD
• The Biology of Epstein—Barr Virus and Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease
• Epstein—Barr Viral Load Testing: Role in the Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders
• Clinical Features and Diagnostic Evaluation of Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
• Pathology
• Prognostic Factors for PTLD
• Treatment of PTLD
• Prevention of Epstein—Barr Virus Infection and Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease Following Transplantation
• Organ Specific Issues of PTLD — Kidney
• Posttransplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) in Liver and Small Bowel Transplant Recipients
• Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease (PTLD) in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)
• Research Priorities and Future Directions.