Squamous cell carcinoma tongue in a postrenal transplant patient: A case report and review of literature
The risk of malignancy in renal transplant patient is higher compared to general population. The prolonged immunosuppression received by these patients is considered to be one of the risk factors for the development of malignancies. Majority of the malignancies are epithelial in nature and predomina...
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doaj-8f968d0459a04099892a039df606fedb2020-11-24T20:43:28ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Transplantation2212-00172212-00252018-01-0112215615810.4103/ijot.ijot_10_18Squamous cell carcinoma tongue in a postrenal transplant patient: A case report and review of literatureRashmi PatnaikB Sangeetha LakshmiM Hari Krishna ReddyAnil CV KumarAmitabh JenaV Siva KumarThe risk of malignancy in renal transplant patient is higher compared to general population. The prolonged immunosuppression received by these patients is considered to be one of the risk factors for the development of malignancies. Majority of the malignancies are epithelial in nature and predominantly are squamous cell carcinoma. The sites where squamous cell carcinoma develops in postrenal transplant patients include skin, lip, cervix, vulva, penis, scrotum, anus, and rarely lung. Very few cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue after renal transplant have been documented in the literature. We present one such case where the patient developed squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue 16 years after renal transplant.http://www.ijtonline.in/article.asp?issn=2212-0017;year=2018;volume=12;issue=2;spage=156;epage=158;aulast=PatnaikCarcinoma tonguehemiglossectomymodified neck dissectionpostrenal transplantsquamous cell carcinoma |
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Rashmi Patnaik B Sangeetha Lakshmi M Hari Krishna Reddy Anil CV Kumar Amitabh Jena V Siva Kumar Squamous cell carcinoma tongue in a postrenal transplant patient: A case report and review of literature Indian Journal of Transplantation Carcinoma tongue hemiglossectomy modified neck dissection postrenal transplant squamous cell carcinoma |
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Rashmi Patnaik B Sangeetha Lakshmi M Hari Krishna Reddy Anil CV Kumar Amitabh Jena V Siva Kumar |
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Squamous cell carcinoma tongue in a postrenal transplant patient: A case report and review of literature |
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Squamous cell carcinoma tongue in a postrenal transplant patient: A case report and review of literature |
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Squamous cell carcinoma tongue in a postrenal transplant patient: A case report and review of literature |
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Squamous cell carcinoma tongue in a postrenal transplant patient: A case report and review of literature |
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Squamous cell carcinoma tongue in a postrenal transplant patient: A case report and review of literature |
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squamous cell carcinoma tongue in a postrenal transplant patient: a case report and review of literature |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Indian Journal of Transplantation |
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2212-0017 2212-0025 |
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2018-01-01 |
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The risk of malignancy in renal transplant patient is higher compared to general population. The prolonged immunosuppression received by these patients is considered to be one of the risk factors for the development of malignancies. Majority of the malignancies are epithelial in nature and predominantly are squamous cell carcinoma. The sites where squamous cell carcinoma develops in postrenal transplant patients include skin, lip, cervix, vulva, penis, scrotum, anus, and rarely lung. Very few cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue after renal transplant have been documented in the literature. We present one such case where the patient developed squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue 16 years after renal transplant. |
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Carcinoma tongue hemiglossectomy modified neck dissection postrenal transplant squamous cell carcinoma |
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http://www.ijtonline.in/article.asp?issn=2212-0017;year=2018;volume=12;issue=2;spage=156;epage=158;aulast=Patnaik |
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