An unusual abdominal mass in a renal transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 218-222

  Leach, Timothy D ^a,b   Sadek, S A ^a   Mason, J C ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscess; Actinomycosis; Immunosuppression; Infection; Inflammation; Malignancy; Post operative; Renal failure; Surgery; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFACLOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL MASS; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036971689     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2002.t01-1-01009.x     Document Type: Article

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