Ileocolonic problems after cadaveric renal transplantation.
Fatal colonic complications in five patients after cadaveric renal transplantation were all due to ischaemia of the bowel wall, which in two cases had led to multiple perforation. In two the lesions involved the whole colon and in three they were segmental.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002102:Cadaver; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000098:blood supply*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone