Transplantation for renal failure secondary to enteric hyperoxaluria: a case report.
Enteric hyperoxaluria can lead to renal failure. There have only been a few reports of renal transplantation as treatment of endstage renal disease secondary to enteric hyperoxaluria and results have been mixed. This report describes a patient with Crohn's disease who developed chronic renal failure from enteric hyperoxaluria. He subsequently had a successful renal transplant without any post-operative oxalate related complications and has satisfactory renal function almost three years later. Aggressive pre-transplant hemodialysis was not done. The literature associated with renal transplantation for enteric hyperoxaluria is reviewed.
Rifkin
Stephen I
SI
Division of Nephrology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 2403 W, Azeele St, Tampa, Florida, 33609, USA. sirifkin@hotmail.com.