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Secondary neuroendocrine tumor after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
Author(s) -
Tamura Shinichi,
Ishida Hiroyuki,
Naito Takeshi,
Kondo Osamu,
Inoue Masami,
Kawa Keisei,
Kawabata Kenji,
Hojo Hiroshi,
Ouchi Kazutaka,
Imamura Toshihiko
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/ped.12720
Subject(s) - medicine , bone marrow transplantation , transplantation , bone marrow , pathology
Here we report a case of aggressive neuroendocrine tumor (NET), which is an extremely rare secondary solid tumor that occurs after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo‐HSCT). A patient with chronic active Epstein–Barr virus infection received allo‐HSCT from an HLA‐DR two allele‐mismatched unrelated donor. Four years later, he developed NET with multiple metastases. He received thoraco‐abdominal irradiation as a conditioning regimen, and developed repeated episodes of intestinal graft‐versus‐host disease, for which he received long‐term immunosuppressive therapy. Although these factors may be potential contributing factors to the development of secondary NET, the exact pathogenesis remains unclear.