Donor Transmission of Melanoma Following Renal Transplant

Donor transmission of melanoma is one of the more common and lethal of recipient malignancies, often presenting with systemic disease. Although some patients may receive durable remission of melanoma following explantation of the allograft and withdrawal of immunosuppression, donor transmission of m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chen, Kathryn T., Olszanski, Anthony, Farma, Jeffrey M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/764019
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Sumario:Donor transmission of melanoma is one of the more common and lethal of recipient malignancies, often presenting with systemic disease. Although some patients may receive durable remission of melanoma following explantation of the allograft and withdrawal of immunosuppression, donor transmission of melanoma is fatal in most patients. Here we present a case of a 44-year-old male who developed metastatic melanoma following renal transplant.

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