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  • Title: Central nervous system lymphoproliferative disorder in pediatric kidney transplant recipients.
    Author: Traum AZ, Rodig NM, Pilichowska ME, Somers MJ.
    Journal: Pediatr Transplant; 2006 Jun; 10(4):505-12. PubMed ID: 16712612.
    Abstract:
    Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a complication of transplantation resulting from impaired immune surveillance because of pharmacologic immunosuppression. We present two cases of central nervous system (CNS) PTLD in children on calcineurin-inhibitor free immunosuppression with dramatically different presentations and outcomes. One patient had brain and spinal cord lymphoma with a rapid and fatal course. The other patient had brain and ocular PTLD that responded to multimodal therapy with reduction of immunosuppression, high-dose steroids, and rituximab given in a dose-escalation protocol. This protocol may have enhanced the penetration of rituximab into the CNS. We review the literature on CNS and ocular PTLD and elaborate on the treatments available for both diseases.
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