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Successful Shrinkage of a Giant Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Immunotherapy in a Kidney Transplant Recipient
Exp Clin Transplant. 2023 Jun;21(6):534-536. doi: 10.6002/ect.2023.0018.ABSTRACTA 56-year-old male living donor kidney transplant recipient presented with a giant cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in his right parotid region. Programmed radiotherapy had been previously terminated due to lesion ulceration and bleeding. He was characterized as a terminal case. We applied cemiplimab, which is an immune checkpoint inhibitor against the pro-grammed cell death receptor PD-1. After 6 months, the cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma had shrunk and had stopped bleeding. The patient was treated with methylprednisolone, cyclosporine, an...
Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - July 17, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Theodoros Eleftheriadis Ioannis Samaras Antonios Spanos Athanasios Kotsakis Ioannis Stefanidis Source Type: research

Treatment of Recurrent Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis After Kidney Transplant With Rituximab: A Successful Case Report
We describe the case of a young male patient with recurrent antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody vasculitis, 5 years after kidney transplant, successfully treated with methylprednisolone pulses plus rituximab. Rituximab presents a new valid option for the treatment of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody vasculitis relapse in kidney grafts.PMID:36919725 | DOI:10.6002/ect.2023.0012
Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - March 15, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Rita M Silva Rita Leal Maria G Marques Luis Rodrigues Lidia Santos Catarina Romaozinho Rui Alves Arnaldo Figueiredo Source Type: research