Donor Transmission of Melanoma Following Renal Transplant | Zendy

Kathryn T. Chen | Zendy; Anthony J. Olszanski | Zendy; Jeffrey M. Farma | Zendy

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Donor Transmission of Melanoma Following Renal Transplant

Author(s) -

Kathryn T. Chen,

Anthony J. Olszanski,

Jeffrey M. Farma

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6943

pISSN - 2090-6951

DOI - 10.1155/2012/764019

Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , melanoma , renal transplant , transmission (telecommunications) , disease , metastatic melanoma , surgery , transplantation , dermatology , oncology , cancer research , electrical engineering , engineering

Donor transmission of melanoma is one of the more common and lethal of recipient malignancies, often presenting with systemic disease. Although some patients may receive durable remission of melanoma following explantation of the allograft and withdrawal of immunosuppression, donor transmission of melanoma is fatal in most patients. Here we present a case of a 44-year-old male who developed metastatic melanoma following renal transplant.

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