Fever in a Kidney Transplant Recipient

Visceral leishmaniasis without fever in a kidney transplant recipient.

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...

Chronic Ulceration in a Kidney Transplant Recipient.

The etiology of chronic ulcers in kidney transplant recipients includes infection, tumors, and drugs. There is another, much rarer cause that should be taken into account in order to ensure a correct diagnosis and therapeutic management. A 62-year-old woman with chronic kidney failure secondary to vascular nephropathy in a single kidney, was on dialysis for 12 years using a right humerocephalic...

Late kidney dysfunction in a kidney transplant recipient.

Late kidney transplant dysfunction may be a harbinger of graft failure. For many years, calcineurin inhibitor toxicity was felt to be the main cause for graft dysfunction with fibrosis and transplant loss. Recently this idea has come into question. With the observation that peritubular capillary C4d staining in kidney allografts may indicate antibody-mediated injury in conjunction with biopsy s...