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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 57, 214-216, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
WH Frist and VJ Biggs
We have previously reported a case of recurrent cardiac rejection in a
heart transplant recipient successfully treated with total lymphoid
irradiation. Five years after transplantation chronic myelogenous leukemia
was diagnosed in this patient. The long-term effects of total lymphoid
irradiation in the heart transplant population have not been reported.
Based on the known relationships among irradiation, gene translocations,
and leukemia, we postulate that this patient's chronic myelogenous leukemia
may be a long-term sequela of previous total lymphoid irradiation.
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia after lymphoid irradiation and heart transplantation
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-5734.
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