title: Urothelial carcinoma transmission via kidney transplantation.
abstract: Transmission of urothelial carcinoma via solid organ transplant has never been reported in the literature to our knowledge. We report a case of transmission of this tumour to a kidney recipient. The donor was a 37-year-old woman, victim of a subarachnoid haemorrhage. The recipient was a 21-year-old girl, with a history of chronic kidney disease secondary to neurogenic bladder. This fatality has been rarely described in literature, but never with this histological type of cancer. Nowadays, with the expanded criteria for donation, older people are accepted as donor because of the shortage of organs. However, this may increase the likelihood of the number of cancer transmission.
authors.affiliation: Renal Transplantation Unit, Division of Urology, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, Brazil. gustavofferreira@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gustavo F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Rodrigo Azevedo
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Lectícia B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: Willian C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Nahas
authors.forename: Luiz B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Saldanha
authors.forename: Luiz E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Ianhez
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Srougi
mesh_terms: D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D055815:Young Adult