Plasmacytoma-like post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease in a disused arterio-venous fistula: the importance of histopathology.
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Common causes of swelling in arteriovenous fistulae (AVFs) include thrombosis, infection, aneurysm, and superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction secondary to previous dialysis vascular catheter use. Malignancies confined in AVFs are rare and have been described in case series and case reports, mostly in immunosuppressed patients.1 Patients who undergo transplantation frequently have functioning or nonfunctioning AVFs. The risk of malignancy is increased in this patient group and thus should be considered in patients presenting with symptomatic AVF. The most common histopathological diagnosis is angiosarcoma.1, 2 Plasmacytoma-like posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) confined in an AVF has not been previously described.
Date Issued
2019-05
Date Acceptance
2019-02-04
Citation
Kidney International Reports, 2019, 4 (5), pp.749-755
ISSN
2468-0249
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
749
End Page
755
Journal / Book Title
Kidney International Reports
Volume
4
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Published by Elsevier, Inc., on behalf of the International Society of Nephrology. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Sponsor
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024919300452?via%3Dihub
Grant Number
RDA28
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Urology & Nephrology
RENAL-TRANSPLANTATION
UNITED-STATES
DISORDERS
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-02-13