Angiosarcoma arising in an anteriovenous fistula site in a renal transplant patient: A case report and literature review

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 408-412

  Farag, R ^a   Schulak, J A ^a   Abdul Karim, F W ^a   Wasman, Jay K ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Arteriovenous fistula; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PACLITAXEL; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG RESPONSE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN LIGATION; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18744401351     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp63408     Document Type: Review

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