Multiple primary malignancies in a renal transplant patient.
Organ transplantation and the use of immunosuppressive therapy has been associated with an increased incidence of malignancy. We report the case of a long-term renal transplant recipient who developed concomitant skin cancers, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The development of three seemingly unrelated cancers in the same patient illustrates the favorable host environment in transplant patients for the development of malignancies.
Barroso-Vicens
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Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Ramirez
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Rabb
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D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000209:etiology*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*