Post-renal transplant erythrocytosis in a child.
We report the case of a 7-year-old boy who developed severe erythrocytosis 4 months after successful kidney transplantation, with a well-functioning graft. When the haematocrit rose above 60%, phlebotomy had to be performed once to twice a week in order to keep the haematocrit below 50%. A 3-month course of theophylline therapy did not influence the erythrocytosis significantly. There were 5 further patients with erythrocytosis out of 186 children who had undergone kidney transplantation at our centre.
Krull
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Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Federal Republic of Germany.
Bökenkamp
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Offner
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D001815:Bloodletting; D002648:Child; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013806:Theophylline / Q000008:administration & dosage
D013806:Theophylline