Transplacental transmission of maternal B-cell lymphoma.

Am J Obstet Gynecol

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan.

Published: July 2004

We report a case of maternal malignant lymphoma transferred to the fetus during pregnancy. A 29-year-old woman developed lymphoma at 29 weeks' gestation, and her infant developed malignant lymphoma at 8 months. Immunohistochemical examinations revealed lymphoid cells of similar characteristics in the maternal, placental, and infant tissues.

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