Donor-Derived Tuberculosis: A Case Report and the Role of Communication Gaps in Transplantation Safety

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Images, surgical findings, and histological exams of the SPK transplant recipient: (a) caseous necrosis in the explanted kidney; (b) caseous necrosis in the mesentery; (c) nodule in the renal hilum, diffuse urothelial thickening, and compression of renal vein; (d) pancreas: collection adjacent to pancreatic graft; (e) lung endobronchial spread: “tree-in-bud”; (f) brain abscess: frontal lesion with perilesional halo of edema; (g) thyroid: increased volume, heterogeneous collection on the left lobe; (h) caseating granuloma in renal biopsy.

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