Early recurrence of lupus nephritis after renal transplantation--a case report.
The risk of recurrent lupus nephritis (LN) in renal transplant recipients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) used to be rare (1-4%). However, recent studies have suggested a higher rate of recurrence in SLE patients after renal transplantation (up to 30%). The interval from transplantation to recurrence of LN has been reported to vary from five days to eight years. We report here a renal transplant recipient with SLE who had recurrent LN 10 d after transplantation.
Fujii
Akiko
A
Department of Pathology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Yamaguchi
Yutaka
Y
Horita
Shigeru
S
Yumura
Wako
W
Fuchinoue
Shouhei
S
Teraoka
Satoshi
S
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors