Mixed germ-cell testicular tumor in a liver transplant recipient

The development of malignancies after solid organ transplants is a well-known complication. Cancer is associated with significant consequences for the organ transplant patient. It is expected that cancer will surpass cardiovascular complications as the leading cause of death in transplant patients w...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Salehipour, Farzad Kakaei, Saman Nikeghbalian, Kourosh Kazemi, Sara Pakbaz, Seyed Ali Malekhosseini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2012;volume=23;issue=6;spage=1238;epage=1240;aulast=Salehipour
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spelling doaj-49256065fd564b8da1123371f5207bf12020-11-24T23:56:36ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsSaudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation1319-24422012-01-012361238124010.4103/1319-2442.103566Mixed germ-cell testicular tumor in a liver transplant recipientMehdi SalehipourFarzad KakaeiSaman NikeghbalianKourosh KazemiSara PakbazSeyed Ali MalekhosseiniThe development of malignancies after solid organ transplants is a well-known complication. Cancer is associated with significant consequences for the organ transplant patient. It is expected that cancer will surpass cardiovascular complications as the leading cause of death in transplant patients within the next few years. We report on a 36-year-old male patient who developed mixed germ-cell testicular tumor seven years after liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis. He was treated with orchiectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection and post-operative chemotherapy.http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2012;volume=23;issue=6;spage=1238;epage=1240;aulast=Salehipour
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author Mehdi Salehipour
Farzad Kakaei
Saman Nikeghbalian
Kourosh Kazemi
Sara Pakbaz
Seyed Ali Malekhosseini
spellingShingle Mehdi Salehipour
Farzad Kakaei
Saman Nikeghbalian
Kourosh Kazemi
Sara Pakbaz
Seyed Ali Malekhosseini
Mixed germ-cell testicular tumor in a liver transplant recipient
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
author_facet Mehdi Salehipour
Farzad Kakaei
Saman Nikeghbalian
Kourosh Kazemi
Sara Pakbaz
Seyed Ali Malekhosseini
author_sort Mehdi Salehipour
title Mixed germ-cell testicular tumor in a liver transplant recipient
title_short Mixed germ-cell testicular tumor in a liver transplant recipient
title_full Mixed germ-cell testicular tumor in a liver transplant recipient
title_fullStr Mixed germ-cell testicular tumor in a liver transplant recipient
title_full_unstemmed Mixed germ-cell testicular tumor in a liver transplant recipient
title_sort mixed germ-cell testicular tumor in a liver transplant recipient
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
issn 1319-2442
publishDate 2012-01-01
description The development of malignancies after solid organ transplants is a well-known complication. Cancer is associated with significant consequences for the organ transplant patient. It is expected that cancer will surpass cardiovascular complications as the leading cause of death in transplant patients within the next few years. We report on a 36-year-old male patient who developed mixed germ-cell testicular tumor seven years after liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis. He was treated with orchiectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection and post-operative chemotherapy.
url http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2012;volume=23;issue=6;spage=1238;epage=1240;aulast=Salehipour
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