Tonsillar carcinoma in a renal graft recipient treated with cyclosporine A.
We report a right-sided tonsillar carcinoma in a 33-year-old renal graft recipient on cyclosporine A plus low dose prednisolone treatment. The patient had been a life-long non-smoker and alcohol abstainer. The undifferentiated rapidly growing tumour became manifest in the fifth year after transplantation. The clue to the early recognition of this aggressive tumour (T2N0M0G3) resulting in a hitherto favourable outcome after excision and irradiation above all lied in the alertness of the patient himself.
First Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Vienna, Austria.
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D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology
D016572:Cyclosporine; D011239:Prednisolone