[Minimal encephalitis in patients with renal transplant. Clinicopathological study and discussion of the role of the cytomegalovirus (author's transl)].
An autopsy was performed in ten patients recipients of renal allograft who died from cytomegalovirus pulmonary infection. In six patients, encephalitis lesions disseminated in the whole brain were observed. These lesions were not symptomatic. The particular features of this entity and its relationships with the type of immunosuppression therapy are discussed.
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents
Encéphalite à minima chez les transplantés rénaux. Etude anatomoclinique et discussion du rôle du virus cytomégalique.