Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 61. No. 1., 2022.
Recenzija, prikaz
https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2022.61.01.21
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in a Heart Transplant Patient: a Case Report and Review of the Literature
Lorena Karla Rudež
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Tin Šklebar
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Romana Čeović
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Dermatovenereology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
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.
Ključne riječi
Skin cancer; Heart transplantation; Immunosuppressants; Radiotherapy
Hrčak ID:
280285
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.3.2022.
Posjeta: 763 *