%0 Journal Article
%T Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder of the Small Bowel as an Unexpected Cause of Iron Deficiency Anemia Decades after Heart Transplantation
%A Amanda Siegel
%A Itishree Trivedi
%A Justin Boike
%A Rena Yadlapati
%J Archive of "ACG Case Reports Journal".
%D 2017
%R 10.14309/crj.2017.86
%X Although rare, gastrointestinal posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) can lead to abdominal pain or gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with a history of solid-organ transplantation. We describe a case of isolated gastrointestinal PTLD in a patient who presented with acute on chronic iron deficiency anemia 26 years after heart transplant. A comprehensive endoscopic evaluation with video capsule endoscopy and small bowel enteroscopy revealed a large cratered ulceration in the small bowel with abnormal mucosal changes, which led to the diagnosis of PTLD
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496583/