Table 1

Patient, graft, and EBV-PTLD characteristics

Patient #1Patient #2
Age/sex 32 y/male 10 y/female 
Diagnosis Primary refractory peripheral T-cell NHL AML 
Remission status 1st partial remission 2nd complete remission 
Conditioning Cyclo 120 mg/kg Busulfan 0.8 mg/kg × 16 
Flu 75 mg/m2 Cyclo 200 mg/kg 
TBI 1375 cGy Equine ATG 90 mg/kg 
Immune suppression Cyclosporine-A Mycophenolate mofetil Tacrolimus Prednisone (1 mg/kg) 
Infused TNC dose Double unit graft: Single unit graft: 4.9 × 107/kg 
Engrafting unit*: 2.4 × 107/kg  
Non-engrafting unit: 2.5 × 107/kg  
HLA-A,-B antigen, DRB1 allele Engrafting unit*: 5/6 HLA Allele match; make donor 4/6 HLA Allele match; male donor 
Match Non-engrafting unit: 5/6 HLA Allele match; donor  
GVHD/ GVHD therapy Grade II skin and gut/corticosteroids Grade II gut/corticosteroids 
PTLD onset +253 days +244 days 
Organ involvement Tonsil, upper and lower GI tract, lungs Brain, lung, upper and lower GI tract 
Pathology Monomorphic DLBCL; EBV (EBER-ISH)+, CD20−, CD79a+; Donor origin by qPCR for informative STR of tumor specimen Monomorphic DLBCL; EBV (EBER-ISH)+, CD20+; Donor origin by FISH for the Y chromosome 
Patient #1Patient #2
Age/sex 32 y/male 10 y/female 
Diagnosis Primary refractory peripheral T-cell NHL AML 
Remission status 1st partial remission 2nd complete remission 
Conditioning Cyclo 120 mg/kg Busulfan 0.8 mg/kg × 16 
Flu 75 mg/m2 Cyclo 200 mg/kg 
TBI 1375 cGy Equine ATG 90 mg/kg 
Immune suppression Cyclosporine-A Mycophenolate mofetil Tacrolimus Prednisone (1 mg/kg) 
Infused TNC dose Double unit graft: Single unit graft: 4.9 × 107/kg 
Engrafting unit*: 2.4 × 107/kg  
Non-engrafting unit: 2.5 × 107/kg  
HLA-A,-B antigen, DRB1 allele Engrafting unit*: 5/6 HLA Allele match; make donor 4/6 HLA Allele match; male donor 
Match Non-engrafting unit: 5/6 HLA Allele match; donor  
GVHD/ GVHD therapy Grade II skin and gut/corticosteroids Grade II gut/corticosteroids 
PTLD onset +253 days +244 days 
Organ involvement Tonsil, upper and lower GI tract, lungs Brain, lung, upper and lower GI tract 
Pathology Monomorphic DLBCL; EBV (EBER-ISH)+, CD20−, CD79a+; Donor origin by qPCR for informative STR of tumor specimen Monomorphic DLBCL; EBV (EBER-ISH)+, CD20+; Donor origin by FISH for the Y chromosome 

NHL indicates non-Hodgkin lymphoma; AML, acute myelogenous leukemia; cyclo, cyclophosphamide; flu, fludarabine; TBI, total-body irradiation; ATG, anti-thymocyte globulin; TNC, total nucleated cell dose; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; PTLD, posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disease; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus, EBER-ISH; EBV encoded RNA in-situ hybridization; qPCR, quantitative polymerase chain reaction; STR, short tandem repeats; and FISH, fluorescent in situ hybridization.

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Patient was 100% donor in bone marrow and blood with the engrafting unit and at no time was the nonengrafting unit detected.

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