title: Spontaneous pneumoretroperitoneum in a renal transplant recipient.
abstract: A case of a spontaneous pneumoretroperitoneum in a 16 year old renal transplant recipient is reported. This fatal complication of immunosuppression has not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery/Renal Transplantation, IBN Al Bitar Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gleeson
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: McMullin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography; D012188:Retropneumoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone; D001379:Azathioprine