Rituximab, Dexamethasone, Cytarabine, and Cisplatin as Effective Platinum-Based Salvage Chemotherapy for Periportal Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder After an Orthotopic Liver Transplant

Exp Clin Transplant. 2015 Oct;13(5):475-8. doi: 10.6002/ect.2014.0053. Epub 2014 Sep 3.

Abstract

Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder is a group of heterogenous disorders that occur after solid-organ transplant. The overall incidence is between 1% and 20%. In orthotopic liver transplant recipients, the reported incidence ranges from 2% to 10%, while the incidence is greater in children (9.7%-11%) and lesser in adults (1.7%-3%). The following treatment options are considered for patients with posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder: reduction of immunosuppression, single-agent rituximab, rituximab and chemotherapy, surgery and radiation, antivirals targeted at the Epstein-Barr virus, and cytotoxic T-lymphocytes targeting the Epstein-Barr virus. This report describes a 61-year-old man who presented after an orthotopic liver transplant with a large periportal soft tissue mass that was shown on biopsy to be a monomorphic, CD20+, diffuse, large B-cell lymphoma, nongerminal center type. He was treated with reduced immunosuppression, followed by single-agent rituximab, then with an anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimen: rituximab, etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, doxorubicin, and then a platinum-based salvage chemotherapy with rituximab, dexamethasone, cytarabine, and cisplatin with a good response.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Biopsy
  • Cisplatin / therapeutic use*
  • Cytarabine / therapeutic use*
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / diagnosis
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / drug therapy*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Rituximab / therapeutic use*
  • Salvage Therapy
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Cytarabine
  • Rituximab
  • Dexamethasone
  • Cisplatin