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Donor origin of a posttransplant liver allograft malignancy identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization for the Y chromosome and DNA genotyping.
Transplantation - 15 Jan 1997
Donovan J A, Simmons F A, Esrason K T, Jamehdor M, Busuttil R W, Novak J M, Grody W W
Abstract excerpt
Posttransplantation malignancy in the allograft is a rare complication of orthotopic liver transplantation. In the described case, an abnormal T-tube cholangiogram, performed 6 months after orthotopic liver transplantation between a male donor and a female recipient, prompted needle liver biopsy. A moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma was found. Fluorescence in situ hybridization for the Y chromosome...
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