Successful renal transplantation in Jeune syndrome type 2.
Jeune syndrome (asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy) is a rare inherited disease which is fatal in early childhood in 70% of cases. Severe renal involvement may occur and lead to chronic renal insufficiency in patients who survive respiratory failure. Therefore the opportunity to perform kidney transplantation is quite rare. We report a successful cadaver renal transplantation in a 10-year-old boy with Jeune syndrome type 2.
Amirou
M
M
Service de Néphrologie, Centre Hospitalier Général, Gap, France.
Bourdat-Michel
G
G
Pinel
N
N
Huet
G
G
Gaultier
J
J
Cochat
P
P
D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000150:complications*; D002102:Cadaver; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000150:complications*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013577:Syndrome; D013909:Thorax / Q000002:abnormalities*