title: Severe renal vein stenosis of a kidney transplant with beneficial clinical course after successful percutaneous stenting.
abstract: A 51-year-old renal transplant recipient presented with marked renal function deterioration 13 months after renal transplantation. After exclusion of ureteral obstruction, transplant artery stenosis and acute rejection, the diagnosis of a severe renal vein stenosis was made by an MR scan. After angiographic confirmation of the stenosis, treatment was attempted with percutaneous stent angioplasty. The long-term clinical course was favorable, with marked improvement in renal function. Transplant renal vein stenosis is a rare, but potentially curable, cause of renal allograft functional deterioration.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Chirurgie, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. aiman.obed@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Obed
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Uihlein
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zorger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farkas
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krüger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Banas
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Krämer
mesh_terms: D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome