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Re-infection of Toxoplasma gondii after HSCT presenting lymphadenopathy resembling recurrence of lymphoma.

Junichi HashiguchiMasahiro OnozawaTomoaki NakaKanako C HatanakaSouichi ShiratoriJunichi SugitaKatsuya FujimotoYoshihiro MatsunoTakanori Teshima
Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2018)
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) reactivation is one of the fatal complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT); however, re-infection has not been reported. Here, we report a case of mycosis fungoides in which cervical lymphadenopathy developed after HSCT. Initially, recurrent lymphoma was suspected. However, biopsy of the lymph node showed typical histology of toxoplasmosis and serology showed re-infection of T. gondii. Toxoplasmosis needs to be differentiated for cases with lymphoadenopthy after HSCT.
Keyphrases
  • toxoplasma gondii
  • lymph node
  • hematopoietic stem cell
  • diffuse large b cell lymphoma
  • fine needle aspiration
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • radiation therapy
  • early stage
  • sentinel lymph node