End-stage renal disease in a patient with congenital lymphangiectasia and lymphedema.
Congenital lymphangiectasia with lymphedema is a disorder constituting the main defect in many different genetic syndromes. Herein we describe a 23-year-old male patient with congenital lymphangiectasia and severe lymphedema of the right leg, scrotum, and abdominal wall, who presented with end-stage renal disease, presumably due to cystic renal lymphangiectasia, and is undergoing chronic hemodialysis treatment.
Renal Unit G.H. G. Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece. sobolos@spark.net.gr
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Papachillea
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Natse
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008200:Lymphangiectasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis