Case Report

Vol. 21 No. 3 (2012): Turkish Journal of Nephrology Türk Nefroloji Derneği Dergisi TND Dergisi

Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Transplanted Kidney After 29 Years: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Hilmi Umut ÜNAL
Mahmut GÖK
Mahmut İlker YILMAZ
Tayfun EYİLETEN
Kayser ÇAĞLAR
Yusuf OĞUZ
Müjdat YENİCESU
Abdülgaffar VURAL

Abstract

Primary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common kidney cancer. In renal transplant patients, RCC more commonly arises in the native kidneys, whereas allograft involvement has seen rarely. A 65-year-old man developed an RCC in the grafted kidney 29 years after transplantation. Histologic and immunohistochemical studies diagnosed RCC. Renal transplant patients’ native and graft kidneys must be followed by regular ultrasonography.


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