title: [Angiosarcoma arising from an arterio-venous fistula in a renal transplant recipient. An unusual complication].
abstract: An angiosarcoma arising at the site of an arteriovenous fistula in a renal transplant recipient is reported. Only two similar cases have yet been described. This report is documented with an immunohistochemical study and etiopathogenesis is discussed. Immunosuppressive therapy and the arterio-venous fistula might both be involved in the occurrence of this neoplasm. We focus attention on this uncommon complication which should always be entertained when a renal transplant recipient complains about a painful arterio-venous fistula.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Centre Hospitalier Saint-Eloi-Gui de Chauliac, Montipellier.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Medioni
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Costes
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leray
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chammas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baldet
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Angiosarcome sur fistule artério-veineuse chez un transplanté rénal. Une complication inhabituelle.