Fever, Hepatosplenomegaly and a Skin Nodule in a Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipient

Visceral leishmaniasis without fever in a kidney transplant recipient.

A puzzling pulmonary nodule in a renal transplant recipient.

A 52 year old gentleman; jeweller by profession, residing in rural Goa, was admitted to our institution in March 2013 with complaints of chest pain, fever and dry cough for 2 weeks prior to admission. He was admitted to a hospital in Goa for two days prior to the present admission where he was found to have a raised WBC count of 18000/cm3 with a neutrophilic predominance. Chest x-ray showed a r...

Mycobacterium chelonae Skin Infection in Kidney-Pancreas Recipient

Switzerland (6). Failure to complete a full course of treatment may lead to relapse and emergence of resistant strains. A growing proportion of cases of tuberculosis observed in Europe is in migrants, some undocumented, from the developing world (3). Strong political measures should be enforced to ensure access to healthcare services with respect to confidentiality (as recently stated in the Ne...

Hyperferritinemia in a kidney transplant recipient.

The principal iron storage protein is ferritin, which is primarily present in cytoplasm. The most common cause of hyperferritinemia is iron overload, which is either primary or secondary. Hyperferritinemia is commonly found in patients with chronic kidney disease regardless of their hemoglobin level and is often considered to be related to chronic inflammatory status as well as malnutrition and...

Ocular Syphilis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient

We present a case of ocular syphilis after a renal transplantation involving progressive vision loss without clinically identifiable ocular disease. Electroretinography showed signs of ischemia, especially in the internal retina. A serological test was positive for syphilis. Lumbar puncture revealed lymphocytic meningitis and a positive serologic test for syphilis in the cerebrospinal fluid. Th...