Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dharnidharka, Vikas R. (Editor), Green, Michael. (Editor), Webber, Steven A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emerging infectious diseases.; Nephrology.; Oncology.; Heart > Surgery.; Surgery.; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.; Medicine & Public Health.; Transplant Surgery.; General Surgery.; Cardiac Surgery.; Infectious Diseases.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01653-0

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:

• Introduction
• Historical Aspects of PTLD
• Epidemiology of PTLD
• Biology of Epstein-Barr virus and PTLD
• Epstein-Barr viral loads: Measurement and interpretation
• Clinical Features and Diagnostic Evaluation of PTLD
• Pathology of PTLD: Pathology
• Prognostic Factors for PTLD
• Treatment of PTLD
• Prevention/Pre-emptive therapy for PTLD
• Organ specific issues of PTLD: Kidney - Liver/Intestine - Heart/Lung - Hematopoietic/stem cell
• Research Priorities and Future Directions.