[Angiosarcoma arising from an arterio-venous fistula in a renal transplant recipient. An unusual complication].
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.
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Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Centre Hospitalier Saint-Eloi-Gui de Chauliac, Montipellier.
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Leray
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Chammas
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Durand
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Baldet
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D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Angiosarcome sur fistule artério-veineuse chez un transplanté rénal. Une complication inhabituelle.