Malignant hemangiosarcoma in a renal allograft: diagnostic difficulties and clinical course after nephrectomy and immunostimulation. (12th April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kuntzen, Daniela; Tufail Hanel, Majida; Kuntzen, Thomas; Yurtsever, Hüseyin; Tuma, Jan; Hopfer, Helmut; Springer, Oliver; Bock, Andreas
• Is Part Of: Transplant international. Volume 27:Number 8(2014:Aug.)
• Page Start: e70
• Page End: e75
• Publication Date: 2014-04-12
• Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Periodicals; 617.95405
• DOI: 10.1111/tri.12306
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0934-0874

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="tri12306-abs-0001"> <title>Summary</title> <p>Hemangiosarcomas are rare tumors of endothelial cell origin. To date, only 20 cases of hemangiosarcoma have been described after renal transplantation, occurring mostly in the skin or in a dialysis fistula. We report a primary metastasizing hemangiosarcoma arising from a renal allograft. The patient was treated with transplant nephrectomy, discontinuation of immunosuppression, and immunostimulation with pegylated interferon‐α‐2a and has now been in complete remission for 3 years.</p> </abstract>