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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 1972 Oct;14(4):407–417. doi: 10.1097/00007890-197210000-00001

Table 2. Mesenchymal tumors in organ homograft recipients.

Case No. Transplant center Age at time of transplant (years) Sex Donor Immunosuppression by Type of tumor Time after transplantation (months) Organs involved Outcome Referring physician

Splenectomy Thymectomy Imuran Prednisone ALG

1 Denver 14 M Mother Yes No Yes Yes Yes Reticulum cell sarcoma Brain Dead
2 Denver 23 M Father Yes Yes Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 30 Thyroid; liver; lung; stomach; prostate; pituitary; skin; psoas muscle Dead
3 Edinburgh 26 F Mother No No Yes Yes Yes Reticulum cell sarcoma 25 Lymph nodes; pleura; spleen; liver; ovary; adrenal; bone marrow; transplanted kidney Dead M. Woodruff
4 Cleveland 32 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes Yes Reticulum cell sarcoma 22 Buttock; lungs; aortic lymph nodes Dead S. D. Deodhar
5 Richmond 38 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 31 Lung; aortic lymph nodes Dead J. Pierce
6 Auckland 34 M Cadaver
Cadaver
Cadaver
No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 7 Tongue; esophagus; liver Dead P. Doak
7 Auckland 46 F Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 9 Brain Dead P. Doak
8 New York 18 M Uncle No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 9 Brain Dead R. Porro
9 New York 36 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 10 Brain Dead F. Veith
10 Richmond 29 M Brother Yes No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 67 Widespread lymph nodes; liver; vertebrae Dead H. Lee
11 Little Rock 21 M Father Yes No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 24 Brain Dead C. Araoz
12 San Francisco 39 F Sister Yes No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 14 Brain; lungs Dead F. O. Belzer
13 Richmond 18 M Father Yes No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 73 Widespread lymph nodes; liver; pancreas; bone marrow; meninges; bladder; testes; transplanted kidney; accessory spleen; sciatic nerve; lung Dead H. M. Lee
14 Oklahoma City 19 F Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 13 Lungs; liver; spleen; rectum; transplanted kidney; mesentery; bone marrow Dead Y. Muto
15 Chicago 52 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma Brain Dead N. Levine
16 New York 28 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 7 Liver Dead L. Burrows
17 San Francisco 40 F Cadaver
Cadaver
No No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 14 Brain Dead F. O. Belzer
18 Galveston 45 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes Yes Reticulum cell sarcoma 19 S.c. tissues of buttock Alivec J. C. Fish
(Had thoracic duct fistula)
19 Zurich 50 F Cadaver No No Yes Yes Yes Malignant reticulosis 8 Liver; spleen; lymph nodes; bone marrow; esophagus; tongue; transplanted kidney; adrenal glands Dead W. Wegmann
(Had thoracic duct fistula)
20 Israel 34 F Cadaver No No Yes Yes Yes Reticulum cell sarcoma 9 Brain Deadd B. Myers
Kaposi's sarcoma Skin
21 Israel 27 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes Yes Kaposi's sarcoma 8 Skin; mucosa of mouth Alivee B. Myers
22 New York 35 F Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Visceral Kaposi's sarcoma 10 Lungs; esophagus; stomach; urinary bladder; mediastinal and abdominal lymph nodes Dead J. H. Siegel
23 Denver 20 F Father Yes No Yes Yes Yes Unclassified lymphoma 7 Brain Alive following radiotherapy
24 Los Angeles 23 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Unclassified lymphoma 46 Brain Dead R. Goldman
25a Montreal 29 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes Yes Unclassified lymphoma 2 Spinal cord Dead P. Daloze
26 San Francisco 21 M Brother
Cadaver
Cadaver
Cadaver
Yes No Yes Yes No Reticulum cell sarcoma 41 Brain (multifocal); cervical lymph nodes Dead F. O. Belzer
27a Edmonton 8 M Father No No Yes Yes No Lymphosarcoma Brain; meninges Dead W. Lakey
28 Boston 34 M Cadaver; half-sister No No Yes Yes No Leiomyosarcoma 47 Stomach; perigastric lymph node; peritoneum; bowel; liver; lungs; vertebrae and ribs Dead R. E. Wilson
29 Montreal 36 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Leiomyosarcoma 51 Small bowel; liver; pancreas Dead L. D. MacLean
30b Chapel Hill 39 M Cadaver No No Yes Yes Yes Synovial sarcoma 12 Lungs; liver; small bowel; right popliteal fossa Dead W. B. Blythe
31 New York 40 F Cadaver No No Yes Yes No Rhabdomyosarcoma 19 Iliac muscles Dead L. Burrows
a

Tumors may have been present at time of transplantation.

b

Tumor first diagnosed 9 months after immunosuppressive therapy had been discontinued.

c

Alive 3 months following radical local excision and radiotherapy and reduction of immunosuppressive therapy.

d

Tumors had disappeared following resection or irradiation of the lesions and withdrawal of ALG and Imuran therapy; no tumors at autopsy.

e

No recurrence after irradiation of lesions and withdrawal of ALG and Imuran therapy.