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Metastatic malignant melanoma transplanted via a renal homograft. A case report
Author(s) -
Peters Margot Szasz,
Stuard I. Donald
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197806)41:6<2426::aid-cncr2820410649>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , pathology , transplantation , transplanted kidney , kidney transplantation , cancer research
A case of transplantation of a malignant melanoma via a cadaver renal homo‐graft is presented. The recipient developed a widespread malignancy nineteen months after renal transplantation. At autopsy the tumor was diagnosed as a malignant melanoma. Autopsy of the donor had previously revealed a spindle cell malignancy in the spleen. It is postulated that the splenic tumor in the donor represents a spindle cell variant of malignant melanoma, and hence this malignancy was inadvertently transferred to the recipient via the renal homograft.