Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma in a pediatric living-related kidney transplant recipient. Am J Kidney Dis 2005 Jun;45(6):e105-8
Date
06/16/2005Pubmed ID
15957121DOI
10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.03.012Scopus ID
2-s2.0-20444397065 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 21 CitationsAbstract
Renal cell carcinoma can occur in children who have received renal allografts from adults. Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma is a rare variant of renal carcinoma with distinct histochemical, ultrastructural, and genetic characteristics. We describe the incidental finding of a chromophobe renal cell carcinoma in a 13 1/2-year-old boy 5 years after receiving a living-related renal transplant. This tumor was found by serendipity during the evaluation of fever and inguinal lymphadenopathy, with the presumptive diagnosis of posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder. The patient was found to have cat-scratch disease. A renal cell carcinoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a pediatric recipient of an adult kidney with an incidental finding of a tumor in the graft.
Author List
Greco AJ, Baluarte JH, Meyers KE, Sellers MT, Suchi M, Biegel JA, Kaplan BSAuthor
Mariko Suchi MD, PhD Associate Professor in the Pathology department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentCarcinoma, Renal Cell
Cat-Scratch Disease
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Female
Fever
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Incidental Findings
Kidney Neoplasms
Kidney Transplantation
Living Donors
Lymphatic Metastasis
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Male
Middle Aged
Mothers
Nephrectomy
Nephritis, Interstitial
Postoperative Complications
Transplantation, Homologous
