[Radical nephrectomy following heart transplantation]

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a common neoplasm of the urinary tract, that is nowadays often diagnosed incidentally. The risk of developing neoplasms in immunosuppressed patients is well documented. The increasing rate of heart transplantation, and the complementary studies required in the follow up of those patients probably will increase the detection rate of RCC in this population. Due the lack of published reports about the management and evolution of RCC in these patients, we performed a radical nephrectomy, on a immunosuppressed patient without evidence of recurrence 24 moths after surgery.