title: Chronic rejection with sclerosing peritonitis following pediatric intestinal transplantation.
abstract: Intestinal transplantation is considered the usual treatment for patients with permanent intestinal failure when parenteral nutrition has failed. Chronic rejection is a complication difficult to diagnose because of the scarcity and lack of specificity in the symptoms and the characteristics of typical histological findings. We report the case of a four-yr-old patient who received an isolated intestinal transplant. After developing a chronic rejection he presented an intestinal obstruction secondary to a sclerosing peritonitis that required the surgical removal of the graft.
authors.affiliation: Service of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hospital Infantil Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sarría
authors.forename: Begoña
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pérez-Moneo
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Burgos
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López-Santamaría
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prieto
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000637:transplantation*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000601:surgery; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed