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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Transplant Proc. 1971 Mar;3(1):773–778.

Table 2.

Mesenchymal Tumors in Organ Homograft Recipients

Number Transplant Center Age at Time of Transplant Sex Donor Immunosuppression
Type of Tumor Time After Transplantation Organs Involved Outcome Referring Physician
Splenectomy Thyrectomy Imuran Prednisone ALG
24 Denver 14 M Mother Yes No Yes Yes Yes Reticulum cell sarcoma 5½ months Brain Dead
25 Denver 23 M Father Yes Yes Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 30 months Thyroid; liver; lung; stomach; prostate; pituitary; skin; psoas muscle Dead
26 Edinburgh, Scotland 26 F Mother No No Yes Yes Yes Reticulum cell sarcoma 25 months Lymph nodes; pleura; spleen; liver; ovary; adrenal; bone marrow; and transplanted kidney Dead M. Woodruff
27 Cleveland 32 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes Yes Reticulum cell sarcoma 22 months Buttock; lungs; aortic lymph nodes Dead S. D. Deodhar
28 Richmond 35 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 31 months Lung Dead J. Pierce
29 Aukland, New Zealand 34 M (a) Cadaver
(b) Cadaver
(c) Cadaver
No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 7 months Tongue, esophagus; liver Dead P. Doak
30 Auckland, New Zealand 46 F Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 9 months Brain Dead P. Doak
31 New York 18 M Uncle No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 9 months Brain Dead R. Porro
32 New York 36 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 10 months Brain Dead F. Veith
33 Richmond 29 M Brother Yes No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 67 months Lymph nodes; liver; vertebrae Dead H. Lee
34 Little Rock, Arkansas 21 M Father Yes No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 24 months Brain Dead C. Araoz
35 San Francisco 39 F Sister Yes No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 14 months Brain; lungs Dead F. O. Belzer
36 Richmond 17 M Father Yes No Yes Yes No Lympholeukosarcoma 75 months Lymph nodes; liver; pancreas; bone marrow; meninges; bladder; testes; transplanted kidney, accessory spleen, sciatic nerve Dead H. M. Lee
37 Denver 20 F Father Yes No Yes Yes Yes Unclassified lymphoma 7 months Brain Alive, following radiotherapy
38 New York 35 F Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Visceral Kaposi’s sarcoma 10 months Lungs; esophagus; stomach; urinary bladder; mediastinal and abdominal lymph nodes Dead J. H. Siegel
39 Boston 34 M (a) Cadaver
(b) Half-sister
No No Yes Yes No Leiomyosarcoma 47 months Stomach, abdominal lymph nodes; peritoneum; bowel; liver; lungs; pleura and ribs Dead R. E. Wilson
40 Montreal 36 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Leiomyosarcoma 51 months Small bowel; liver; pancreas Dead L. D. Maclean