Nonmelanoma skin cancer in a heart transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature (CROSBI ID 322330)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Rudež, Lorena Karla ; Šklebar, Tin ; Čeović, Romana
engleski
Nonmelanoma skin cancer in a heart transplant patient: A case report and review of the literature
Nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSC) are the most common malignancies in solid organ transplant recipients. The most common types of skin cancer in these patients are squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), followed by basal cell carcinoma. In immunosuppressed patients, specifically patients after solid organ transplantation, these carcinomas tend to be more aggressive and have a much higher incidence of metastasizing compared to general population. We present a case of a patient who developed numerous SCCs after successful heart transplantation. SCCs which occurred in our patient were mostly treated surgically. However, the lesion on the scalp relapsed after it had been treated surgically three times and therefore superficial x-ray radiation therapy was administered due to its localization and extensive size. In the next year, five more new SCCs occurred throughout the patient's body and all of them were removed surgically. Soon afterwards, the patient died from adenocarcinoma of the colon which rapidly progressed and metastasized.
Heart transplantation ; Immunosuppressants ; Radiotherapy ; Skin cancer
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Podaci o izdanju
61 (1)
2022.
157-165
objavljeno
0353-9466
1333-9451
10.20471/acc.2022.61.01.21
Povezanost rada
Temeljne medicinske znanosti