Abstract
A 21-year-old woman was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma (stage IV-B) in 2001 and underwent chemotherapy and then three stem cell transplantations [auto-peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) in 2002, allo-bone marrow transplantation from her mother in 2002 and alloPBSCT from her sister in 2003]. From 2004, her serum creatinine began to rise and, in March 2005, she reached end-stage renal failure. From 28 February 2005, she started to experience severe and rapid calcification localized to left ventricle and died in June 2005. Secondary hyperparathyroidism was present (the PTH value on 13 April 2005 was 502 pg/ml: the normal range was 10–60 pg/ml); however, the product of serum calcium and phosphate was always<65 (mg/dl)2, or 5.25 (mmol/l)2. Metastatic calcification of various organs including myocardium has been reported with HTLV-1 infection [1], but in our case, HTLV-1 was negative. The cytology of the pericardial effusion did not show any lymphoma cells; therefore, metastatic lymphoma would be the least likely cause. Myocardial calcification has been reported after orthotopic
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