[Aggresive angiomyxoma after renal transplantation]

Medicina (B Aires). 2018;78(6):440-442.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The condition of immunosuppressed increases the risk of cancer in kidney transplant patients, as compared to the general population. The best survival of inmunosupressed patients in recent years has turned both neoplasms and cardiovascular diseases into the main causes of morbidity and mortality. We present the case of a renal transplanted patient who developed an unusual form of mesenchymal tumor such as the aggressive angiomyxoma, four years after the implant and requiring wide surgical resection.

Keywords: angiomyxoma; kidney transplantation; mesenchymal tumors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms / etiology
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence*
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Male
  • Mesenchymoma / etiology*
  • Mesenchymoma / pathology
  • Mesenchymoma / surgery
  • Myxoma / etiology*
  • Myxoma / pathology
  • Myxoma / surgery
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents