Carcinoma of the tongue in a renal transplant recipient : a rare post-transplant malignancy

Abstract EN

Current immunosuppression improved long-term outcome of transplant patients, but it also increased the incidence of de novo malignancy.

Organ transplant recipients have three- to four-fold increased risk of developing carcinoma in comparison with the general population.

Common malignancies encountered after transplantation include cancer of the skin, lips, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease, ano-genital carcinoma and Kaposi sarcoma.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue is very rare.

We report here a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in an adult male patient who developed it 11 years post-transplant.

He underwent right hemiglossectomy and his graft function remained stable.