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Mixed epithelial and stromal tumor after pediatric kidney transplant
Author(s) -
Ferdjallah Asmaa,
Gordon Peter,
Kirankumar Veena,
Dietz Kelly,
Bu Lihong,
Verghese Priya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1111/petr.13575
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney transplant , kidney , malignant transformation , kidney transplantation , stromal cell , surgery , pathology
MEST of the kidney are a benign group of tumors with very rare incidence of malignant transformation. First described in 1998, this tumor has never been reported in a transplanted organ before. We present a unique case of de novo MEST in a donor kidney 4 years after transplant into a pediatric patient. Although removal of the lesions is curative without risking malignant transformation, in this case, surgical removal was not attempted to prevent reduction in transplant longevity. In this unique report of MEST in a transplanted kidney, we describe the patient/transplant outcomes without MEST resection.