%0 Journal Article %J Cell and tissue banking//Cell Tissue Bank %D 2015 %T Acute rejection of a cryopreserved arterial homograft. %A Soquet, Jerome %A Chambon, Jean-Pierre %A Goffin, Yves %A Jashari, Ramadan %K *Cryopreservation %K *Femoral Artery/tr [Transplantation] %K *Graft Rejection/di [Diagnosis] %K *Graft Rejection/et [Etiology] %K *Thrombosis/co [Complications] %K *Thrombosis/su [Surgery] %K Acute Disease %K Adult %K Humans %K Male %K Middle Aged %K Reoperation %K Treatment Failure %K Treatment Outcome %X The use of arterial homograft is indicated especially in case of prosthetic graft infections after bypass surgery. We report the case of a patient who experienced the loss of a cryopreserved femoral artery caused by an acute rejection. This homograft had to be explanted 1 month after implantation because of an acute aneurysmal deterioration. Histology of the explanted artery showed inflammatory cells infiltration, pseudoaneurysms and necrosis. It was then replaced by a second cryopreserved femoral artery which is currently well tolerated. This first case of acute rejection of a cryopreserved artery, to our knowledge, raises again the question of the immunogenicity of cryopreserved homografts. The case report is followed by a brief discussion. %B Cell and tissue banking//Cell Tissue Bank %C Netherlands %V 16 %P 331 - 3 %8 2015 %@ 1573-6814 %G eng %N 3 %< http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=reference&D=medl&NEWS=N&AN=25511467