Elad Sharon, Meyerowitz Cyril, Shapira Michael Y, Glick Michael, Bitan Menachem, Amir Gail
Department of Oral Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2008 Jan;105(1):59-64. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.06.020.
In 2001, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its new classification of tumors of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues, including an entity named posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD). Because oral PTLD is of clinical relevance to oral health providers, the importance of distinguishing between PTLD and nontransplantation related lymphoma is outlined, and the clinical implications of oral PTLD are discussed.
