Spontaneous resolution of post-transplant localized cytomegalovirus lymphadenitis mimicking tumor recurrence
- Authors
- Kang, K. W.; Lee, J. H.; Choi, J. S.; Lee, S. R.; Park, Y.; Kim, B. S.; Kim, I.
- Issue Date
- 8월-2014
- Publisher
- WILEY-BLACKWELL
- Keywords
- CMV; cytomegalovirus lymphadenitis; autologous stem cell transplantation; atypical lymphoid hyperplasia
- Citation
- TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE, v.16, no.4, pp.676 - 680
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE
- Volume
- 16
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 676
- End Page
- 680
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/97917
- DOI
- 10.1111/tid.12254
- ISSN
- 1398-2273
- Abstract
- Compromised T-cell immunity persists for up to 1year after autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), and patients treated with ASCT are more likely to develop atypical lymphoid hyperplasia that mimics tumor recurrence. Here, we present a case of cervical lymphadenitis due to cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation in a patient who had undergone ASCT for Burkitt lymphoma, which mimicked tumor recurrence on computed tomography and positron emission tomography-computed tomography 6months after ASCT. This lesion was confined to the regional lymph nodes and was not accompanied by signs of systemic involvement, such as fever, splenomegaly, an elevated C-reactive protein level, or viremia. The localized CMV lymphadenitis resolved spontaneously without treatment after 6months (12months after ASCT) and the elevated CMV immunoglobulin-M titer normalized 6months after resolution. Our experience with this case suggests that cautious follow-up without anti-CMV treatment should be considered in cases of post-ASCT localized CMV lymphadenitis without systemic involvement in patients with complete engraftment.
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