Misdiagnosed malignancy in transplanted organs
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Misdiagnosed malignancy in transplanted organs.
The case reports of three patients who received cancer-bearing organs at this institution are presented. A fourth recipient, who was to be transplanted with a cancerous kidney, was spared this disastrous complication. The relevant data regarding the donors is also alluded to, with special reference to the type and site of the primary malignancy. Following these case reports, the implications of...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Transplant International
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0934-0874,1432-2277
DOI: 10.1007/bf00336641