In what is believed to be a one-of-a-kind occurrence, a doctor operating on a cancer patient accidentally ‘transplanted’ the disease into himself.
The DAILY MAIL of United Kingdom reports that a 32-year-old man from Germany had been diagnosed with a rare type of cancer and was having a tumourt removed from his abdomen.
The doctor while performing the surgery procedure accidentally cut his hand, but the wound was disinfected and bandaged immediately.
However, five months later, the 53-year-old surgeon noticed a small lump developing where he had injured himself months earlier and sought care.
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surgeon’s body to recognize and attack tumour cells effectively.
However, after the surgeon had his own tumour removed, there were no signs the cancer had spread or returned.
Doctors noted the case was interesting because transplanted tissue differs from the host tissue and is usually targeted by the host’s immune system in an attempt to destroy it.
This is why organ recipients must take immunosuppressive drugs to make sure their body does not reject the transplanted organ.
But while the surgeon developed inflammation around his original cut, his immune response did not stop the tumour from growing.
Cases like the surgeon’s are extremely rare and there are no statistics on ‘transplanted’ cancer.
Source: Daily Mail of UK
