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- Title
Donor transmission of malignant melanoma in a lung transplant recipient 32 years after curative resection.
- Authors
Bajaj, Navkaranbir S.; Watt, Christopher; Hadjiliadis, Denis; Gillespie, Colin; Haas, Andrew R.; Pochettino, Alberto; Mendez, James; Sterman, Daniel H.; Schuchter, Lynn M.; Christie, Jason D.; Lee, James C.; Ahya, Vivek N.
- Abstract
In the current era of organ shortages and long wait times for life-saving transplants, marginal or extended donors are increasingly being considered; one such category of marginal organs is from donors with a previous history of malignancy. Melanoma in particular has been associated with increased risk of developing late recurrence. In this report, we describe a case of fatal donor melanoma transmission to a 64-year-old lung transplant recipient 32 years after surgical excision of the melanoma. Based on this report and review of the available literature, we conclude that a history of donor melanoma, regardless of the stage and time interval from ‘curative’ surgical resection, should remain a strong relative contraindication to transplantation.
- Subjects
CASE studies; MELANOMA; LIVER transplantation; CANCER relapse; ORGAN donors; ORGAN donation; SURGICAL excision
- Publication
Transplant International, 2010, Vol 23, Issue 7, pe26
- ISSN
0934-0874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01090.x