title: Ascites and kidney transplantation: case report and critical appraisal of the literature.
abstract: Ascites is an ominous finding after kidney transplantation. It occurs either as a result of technical complication of the transplant procedure or from medical reasons that include portal hypertension, graft rejection and other causes (1, 2). Here in are described a case of ascites that occurred after successful kidney transplantation. Kidney re-transplantation alone or combined heart and kidney transplantation were possible options for him. Finally, a review of published cases of ascites that occurred after kidney transplantation and treatment of putative nephrogenic ascites (NA) is presented.
authors.affiliation: Maricopa Integrated Health System, 2601 East Roosevelt, Phoenix, Arizona 85008, USA.
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Markov
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Van Thiel
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nadir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D019152:Paracentesis; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous