KIMS Secunderabad doctors successfully treat kidney transplant recipient with intestinal cancer

Doctors at KIMS Hospitals, Secunderabad, successfully treated a 42-year-old kidney transplant recipient diagnosed with high-grade intestinal lymphoma. The patient underwent complex bowel surgery followed by chemo-immunotherapy, overcoming the challenges of cancer treatment after organ transplantation.

Hyderabad: Doctors at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospitals, Secunderabad, on Wednesday claimed to have successfully treated a 42-year-old kidney transplant patient suffering from intestinal cancer.

The woman patient, who received a donor kidney from her mother and underwent kidney transplantation in 2009, was admitted with severe abdominal pain, recurrent vomiting, and weight loss.

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Investigations revealed a high-grade lymphoma of the intestine that led to repeated episodes of bowel obstruction. Treating such a cancer in a kidney transplant recipient posed an extremely complex challenge, said Dr Mounika Boppana, Medical Oncology and Hemato-Oncology.

Dr M B V Prasad, General & GI Laparoscopic Surgeon, performed surgery to remove the diseased segments of the small and large intestines and rejoin the bowel. The patient subsequently completed the remaining three cycles of chemo-immunotherapy successfully.