Kwon JH, Song JC, Lee SH, Lee SY, Yang CW, Kim YS, Bang BK. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma manifest as gingival hyperplasia in a renal transplant recipient.
Korean J Intern Med 2005;
20:330-4. [PMID:
16491832 PMCID:
PMC3891080 DOI:
10.3904/kjim.2005.20.4.330]
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Abstract
Gingival hyperplasia is a frequent complication in transplant patients who receive cyclosporine or calcium channel blockers. We studied an unusual case involving a renal transplant recipient with post-transplant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that manifested as gingival hyperplasia. We initially consider that it was a side effect of cyclosporine and nifedipine. The lesion did not respond to dose reductions or the withdrawal of cyclosporine and nifedipine, and the gingival hyperplasia progressed in a localized fashion, becoming ulcerated and bleeding easily. Histological examination revealed the presence of malignant lymphoma.
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