Early recurrence of primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in an older cadaveric renal allograft recipient resistant to plasmapheresis.
We report an unusual case of recurrent primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in an apparent low-risk cadaveric renal allograft recipient only 2 days after transplantation, who did not respond to repeated courses of plasmapheresis.
Singh
Dharm
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Department of Urology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Center, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
West
Ken
K
Kamal
Khaled
K
Gupta
Rekha
R
Belitsky
Philip
P
Kiberd
Bryce
B
Lawen
Joseph
J
D000367:Age Factors; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors