RENAL CELL CARCINOMA DETECTED IN A CADAVERIC DONOR BEFORE RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
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Mustafa Keleş 1 * , Abdullah Uyanık 1, Yalçın Polat 2, Ramazan Çetinkaya 1, Bülent Aydınlı 2, Cemal Gündoğdu 3, İsa Özbey 4
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1 Ataturk University, Medical School, Department of Nephrology, Erzurum,Turkey2 Ataturk University, Medical School, Department of General Surgery, Erzurum,Turkey3 Ataturk University, Medical School, Department of Pathology, Erzurum,Turkey4 Ataturk University, Medical School, Department of Urology, Erzurum,Turkey* Corresponding Author

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In spite of the fact that cadaveric donor transplantion carries a rare risk of transferring malignancy to the recipient, it is a serious complication that should be taken into consideration (1-3). In immunocompetent individuals, the possibility of tumor transmission is quite low. However, immunosupression which is required in transplantation increases the risk of tumor transfer between donor and recipient significantly (4,5). It is of vital importance to perform the necessary investigations for malignancy in living or cadaveric donors prior to organ transplantation.

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Article Type: Brief Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 5, Issue 4, October 2008, 254-255

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82619

Publication date: 15 Oct 2008

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