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Early recurrence of primary disease after pediatric renal transplantation: Two case reports and a review of the literature
Author(s) -
Jain Supriya,
John Eunice,
Setty Suman,
Benedetti Enrico
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00632.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , disease , differential diagnosis , renal function , kidney transplantation , surgery , pathology
Recurrence of primary diseases such as FSGS or HUS is known to cause early graft dysfunction after pediatric renal transplantation. We report the unusual occurrence of early graft dysfunction following kidney transplant in two pediatric cases. Both subjects had biopsy proven recurrence of CGN in less than a week after transplantation. We were able to sustain the renal function in one of them following aggressive treatment. Hence, early recurrence of CGN should be considered in the differential diagnosis of early graft dysfunction.