Multiple primary malignancies in a renal transplant patient
Barroso-Vicens, E.; Ramirez, G.; Rabb, H.
Transplantation 61(11): 1655-1656
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-1337 PMID: 8669115 Document Number: 455903
Organ transplantation and the use of immunosuppressive therapy has been associated with an increased incidence of malignancy. We report the case of a long-term renal transplant recipient who developed concomitant skin cancers, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The development of three seemingly unrelated cancers in the same patient illustrates the favorable host environment in transplant patients for the development of malignancies.