Abdominal pain and acute nephritis in a man with a recent renal transplant.
We describe a patient with renal transplant who developed abdominal pain and acute nephritis in the course of the follow-up. A biopsy of colon lesions revealed CMV inclusions, renal biopsy revealed acute glomerulonephritis with positive CMV-DNA on polymerase chain reaction. The renal disease and bowel symptoms completely resolved after antiviral treatment.
Department of Transplant Immunology and Innovative Antirejection Therapies, Azienda Ospedaliera, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Italy.
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Remuzzi
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003106:Colon / Q000821:virology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000821:virology*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction