Mycobacterium haemophilum as the Initial Presentation of a B-Cell Lymphoma in a Liver Transplant Patient
A 66-year-old woman presented with pustular lesions of her face, trunk, and limbs and an acute arthritis of the knees and elbows. She had a complex medical background and had been on immunosuppressants for three years after a liver transplant. Tissue samples from her skin lesions and synovial fluid...
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| description | A 66-year-old woman presented with pustular lesions of her face, trunk, and limbs and an acute arthritis of the knees and elbows.
She had a complex medical background and had been on immunosuppressants for three years after a liver transplant. Tissue samples from her skin lesions and synovial fluid showed acid-fast bacilli. Mycobacterium haemophilum, an atypical mycobacteria, was later grown on culture. During her treatment with combination antibiotic therapy, she developed a pronounced generalised lymphadenopathy. Histology showed features of a diffuse B-cell lymphoma, a posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a7b531bdd48f4cac93d5c47b17b00aaf2025-08-20T03:38:49ZengWileyCase Reports in Rheumatology2090-68892090-68972014-01-01201410.1155/2014/742978742978Mycobacterium haemophilum as the Initial Presentation of a B-Cell Lymphoma in a Liver Transplant PatientT. Doherty0M. Lynn1A. Cavazza2E. Sames3R. Hughes4Ashford and St. Peters NHS Trust, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0PZ, UKAshford and St. Peters NHS Trust, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0PZ, UKAshford and St. Peters NHS Trust, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0PZ, UKAshford and St. Peters NHS Trust, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0PZ, UKAshford and St. Peters NHS Trust, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0PZ, UKA 66-year-old woman presented with pustular lesions of her face, trunk, and limbs and an acute arthritis of the knees and elbows. She had a complex medical background and had been on immunosuppressants for three years after a liver transplant. Tissue samples from her skin lesions and synovial fluid showed acid-fast bacilli. Mycobacterium haemophilum, an atypical mycobacteria, was later grown on culture. During her treatment with combination antibiotic therapy, she developed a pronounced generalised lymphadenopathy. Histology showed features of a diffuse B-cell lymphoma, a posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/742978 |
| spellingShingle | T. Doherty M. Lynn A. Cavazza E. Sames R. Hughes Mycobacterium haemophilum as the Initial Presentation of a B-Cell Lymphoma in a Liver Transplant Patient Case Reports in Rheumatology |
| title | Mycobacterium haemophilum as the Initial Presentation of a B-Cell Lymphoma in a Liver Transplant Patient |
| title_full | Mycobacterium haemophilum as the Initial Presentation of a B-Cell Lymphoma in a Liver Transplant Patient |
| title_fullStr | Mycobacterium haemophilum as the Initial Presentation of a B-Cell Lymphoma in a Liver Transplant Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mycobacterium haemophilum as the Initial Presentation of a B-Cell Lymphoma in a Liver Transplant Patient |
| title_short | Mycobacterium haemophilum as the Initial Presentation of a B-Cell Lymphoma in a Liver Transplant Patient |
| title_sort | mycobacterium haemophilum as the initial presentation of a b cell lymphoma in a liver transplant patient |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/742978 |
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