Chronic granulocytic leukemia in a renal transplant recipient.
Chronic granulocytic leukemia developed four years after renal transplantation in a patient, who had been treated with immunosuppressive agents since then. The low incidence of leukemia in comparison with malignant lymphoma in renal transplant recipients and some pathogenetic mechanisms are discussed.
D001379:Azathioprine / Q000009:adverse effects; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009858:Oncogenic Viruses; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D001379:Azathioprine