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Neoplastic Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
A lymphoproliferative disorder arising as a result of post-transplant immunosuppression therapy. It is characterized by the presence of tissue destruction and effacement of the architecture of the involved tissues. There is clonal rearrangement of the immunoglobulin or the T-cell receptor genes. It includes the following variants: polymorphic, monomorphic, and classical Hodgkin lymphoma type post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders. (NCI Thesaurus)
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