Misdiagnosed Malignancy in Transplanted Organs

[en] The case reports of three patients who received cancer-bearing organs at this institution are presented. A fourth recipient, who was to be transplanted with a cancerous kidney, was spared this disastrous complication. The relevant data regarding the donors is also alluded to, with special reference to the type and site of the primary malignancy. Following these case reports, the implications of these issues, their possible prevention, and further management are discussed.

Disciplines :

Surgery
Oncology

Author, co-author :

Detry, Olivier ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation

Detroz, Bernard ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation

D'Silva, M.

Pirenne, J.

Defraigne, Jean-Olivier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biochimie générale

Meurisse, Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Chirurgicale abdominale

Honore, Pierre ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation

Michel, Pierre

Boniver, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques

Limet, Raymond ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire et thoracique

Jacquet, N.

Language :

English

Title :

Misdiagnosed Malignancy in Transplanted Organs

Publication date :

January 1993

Journal title :

Transplant International

ISSN :

0934-0874

eISSN :

1432-2277

Publisher :

Blackwell, Oxford, United Kingdom

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

50-4

Peer reviewed :

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