Radiolucent urinary calculus in a transplant patient: an unsuspected cause of ureteropelvic obstruction.
The occurrence of nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis in the patient who has undergone a renal transplant is rare and is usually related to parathyroid hypersecretion. A case is presented in which the patient had a radiolucent stone that arose as a result of the use of nonabsorbable sutures. It is clear that nonabsorbable sutures. It is clear that nonabsorbable sutures should be avoided in renal allotransplant recipients.
D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009397:Nephrocalcinosis / Q000209:etiology; D013537:Sutures; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000209:etiology*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*