B-cell lymphoma arising around a PTFE graft. |
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Authors: | Sally M A Hamour Patrick F K Yong Peter Amlot Aine Burns |
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Institution: | Department of Nephrology, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London, UK. |
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Introduction
| Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts are widely used to facilitateaccess for haemodialysis. They may present with complicationsincluding infection and thrombosis. However, localised lymphomaassociated with a PTFE graft has not been previously described.Here we present the case of a patient with B-cell lymphoma arisingaround a PTFE graft.
Case
| A 77-year-old Italian woman with end-stage renal failure ofunknown origin had been on haemodialysis since 1995. Her past
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Keywords: | chronic renal failure graft lymphoma polytetrafluoroethylene renal dialysis |
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