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Multiple neoplastic lesions of the lower genital tract in a human papilloma virus-infected kidney-pancreas allograft recipient: a case report.

Bobrowska K, Kamiński P, Cyganek A, Jabiry-Zieniewicz J, Bablok L, Durlik M, Fiedor P

1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Medical University of Warsaw, 1/3 Starynkiewicza Square, 02-015 Warsaw, Poland. kasiabobrowska@yahoo.com

States of immunodeficiency are associated with an increased rate of certain cancers. Immunosuppressed allograft recipients are at high risk of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-related de novo malignancies. A female pancreas plus kidney transplant patient developed multiple genital malignancies within 6 years. The genome of human papilloma virus type 16 was detected in malignant lesions obtained from surgical procedures. All detected lesions were removed at an early state of development.

Published 20 June 2005 in Transplant Proc, 37(5): 2093-5.
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