Primary hepatic carcinoid in a renal transplant patient.

There seems to be a world-wide increase in the incidence of tumors among immunosuppressed patients. Of 1350 renal allografts transplanted in the past 23 years at the Department of Transplantation and Surgery, 56 cases were malignant tumors. The case of a 58-year-old female patient is reported, with disseminated primary carcinoid in the liver detected 86 days after renal transplantation.

Comparative analysis of kidneys retrieved from the same donor and transplanted into different recipients.

We have reviewed the outcome of kidney transplantations where both kidneys retrieved from the same donor were transplanted at our Department and the factors which might be decisive in the outcome. Between 1973 and 1996, 1325 kidney transplantations were performed at our Department. In 360 cases, both kidneys retrieved from the same donor were transplanted at our Department.

Evaluation of urinary enzymes in renal allograft damages by histology examination.

Acute allograft rejection (ARE) is one of the most current problem in kidney transplantation. Urinary enzymes (glutathione-S-transferase /GST/. dipeptidil-dipeptidase /DPP/) are frequently used as prognostic factors of ARE.

Experimental investigation of preservation injury in animal kidneys after reperfusion with Euro-Collins.

The authors evaluated the pathomorphologic alterations of removed and reperfused dog kidneys by means of light and electronmicroscopic examination. In each sample the following reversible signs were found: Hypereosinophilia (HE), Hydropic dystrophy (HD), Nuclear polymorphism (NP), Epithelial desquamation (ED), Brush border lesion (BBL), Single cell necrosis (SCN), Total tubular epithel necrosis (TTEN), Interstitial edema (IE), Perivascular edema (PE). The irreversible signs were: Basement membrane rupture (BMR), Cellular infiltration (CI), Glomerular mesangial matrix expansion (GME) and vascular lesions (VL).

[Simultaneous occurrence of transplantation glomerulopathy, malignant Hodgkin lymphoma and lip cancer in a patient under immunosuppressive treatment].

Authors reported on transplantation glomerulopathy (TGP), occurred in a patient's cadaver kidney allograft, as well as on orchitis, lymphogranulomatosis (Hodgkin's lymphoma) and lip cancer detected thereafter in the same patient. While TGP was definitely be verified morphologically, all other observed diseases are commonly and typically met with membranous glomerulopathy (MGP), which is a separate entity. Similar case has not yet been reported in the literature.