Epithelioid angiosarcoma arising in a surgically constructed arteriovenous fistula: A rare complication of chronic immunosuppression in the setting of renal transplantation

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1154-1159

  Wehrli, Bret M ^a   Janzen, Dennis L ^a   Shokeir, Omar ^a   Masri, Bassam A ^a   Byrne, Sean K ^a   O'Connell, John X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Angiosarcoma; Epithelioid; Immunosuppression; Renal failure; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AMPUTATION; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; RENAL DIALYSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031662849     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199809000-00016     Document Type: Article

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