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Primary calcification in post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder involving the hepatic graft: an exceptional finding

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Calcification within active post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorders has, to our knowledge, never been described. We report the case of a 14-monthold boy who presented 4 months after orthotopic liver transplantation with a primary calcification in a lymphoproliferative nodule involving the hepatic graft. This calcification was detected by routine ultrasonography, visible on plain radiographs, and the post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder was histologically proved.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, B-1200, Bruxelles, Belgium

    F. Lecouvet, P. Clapuyt, J. P. Van Nieuwenhuyse, P. Everarts & V. Baudrez

  2. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, B-1200, Bruxelles, Belgium

    R. Reding, J. de Ville de Goyet & J. B. Otte

  3. Department of Paediatrics, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, B-1200, Bruxelles, Belgium

    E. Sokal

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Lecouvet, F., Clapuyt, P., Van Nieuwenhuyse, J.P. et al. Primary calcification in post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder involving the hepatic graft: an exceptional finding. Pediatr Radiol 26, 152–154 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01372097

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