Journal article
Kaposi's sarcoma after liver transplantation from a donor with a history of ventriculoperitoneal shunt and craniotomy for primary central nervous system lymphoma: Report of a case
Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan), Vol.38(1), pp.90-94
01/01/2008
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3565-x
PMID: 18085374
Abstract
The transplantation of organs from donors who have undergone shunt surgery or craniotomy for a malignant central nervous system (CNS) tumor is controversial. We report a case of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) developing as a result of immunosuppression in the recipient of a liver transplant from a donor who underwent craniotomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery for primary CNS lymphoma. Polymerase chain reaction assay did not isolate human herpes virus-8 in the Kaposi lesions. To our knowledge, this is the only case ever reported of KS developing after liver transplantation from a donor with lymphoma. Thus, with appropriate screening to exclude possible dissemination, patients with a history of high-grade primary CNS lymphoma treated by ventriculoperitoneal shunt and craniotomy may be accepted as donors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Kaposi's sarcoma after liver transplantation from a donor with a history of ventriculoperitoneal shunt and craniotomy for primary central nervous system lymphoma: Report of a case
- Creators
- Burak Isik - Inonu UniversitySezai Yilmaz - Inonu UniversityVedat Kirimlioglu - Inonu UniversityHale Kirimlioglu - Inonu UniversityMehmet Yilmaz - Inonu UniversityGokhan Sogutlu - Inonu UniversityCengiz Ara - Inonu UniversityDaniel Katz - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan), Vol.38(1), pp.90-94
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00595-007-3565-x
- PMID
- 18085374
- ISSN
- 0941-1291
- eISSN
- 1436-2813
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2008
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984321867902771
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