The fate of recipients of organs from donors with diagnosis of primary brain tumor

Transplant International

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 346-347

  Pokorna, E ^a   Vítko, Štefan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN TUMOR; CADAVER DONOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CADAVER; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034758823     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470100334     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Transmission of CNS malignancy by organ transplantation
2. Absence of tumor transmission from a cadaveric renal donor with malignant astrocytoma and ventriculoperitoneal shunt - Two-year recipient follow-up and review of the literature
3. Development of a malignant tumor in a liver transplant graft procured from a donor with cerebral neoplasm
4. Malignancy in transplanted organs
5. Transmission of glioblastoma multiforme to two kidney transplant recipients from the same donor in the absence of ventricular shunt