Primary Hodgkin's lymphoma: An unusual cause of graft dysfunction after kidney transplantation

I mmunosuppressed allograft recipients run a higher risk of developing malignancies than does the general population [l]. Lymphomas are disproportionately frequent among posttransplant malignancies [1,2]. Since the introduction of cyclosporin therapy, they have even become the predominant tumor [l]. The majority of these lymphomas are non-Hodgkin’s types. Hodgkin’s lymphoma accounts for only 2% to 4% of lymphomas in transplant recipients, compared with 18% in the general population [2]. In this report, we describe a patient who developed primary Hodgkin’s lymphoma in the allograft during cyclosporin therapy after kidney transplantation.