Angiosarcoma arising in an arteriovenous fistula site in a renal transplant patient: a case report and literature review
Farag, R.; Schulak, J.A.; Abdul-Karim, F.W.; Wasman, J.K.
Clinical Nephrology 63(5): 408-412
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-0430 PMID: 15909604 Document Number: 589455
Angiosarcoma in the setting of immunosuppressed renal transplant recipients is exceedingly rare. In this report, we describe the occurrence of angiosarcoma arising at an arteriovenous fistula site of a 39-year-old renal transplant recipient that clinically mimicked a thrombosed aneurysm. These tumors are histologically high-grade and clinically aggressive malignancies. They have a predilection for arteriovenous fistula sites. The literature on this uncommon entity is reviewed and possible histogenesis is discussed.