Late renal vein thrombosis associated with recurrence of membranous nephropathy in a renal allograft: a case report.
Allograft renal vein thrombosis (RVT) is an uncommon but potentially catastrophic complication. Although it usually occurs in the early posttransplant period and is associated with surgical complications or vascular rejection, it may develop later, when it is generally related with a hypercoagulable state. Typical clinical presentation is sudden oligoanuric acute renal failure, and hematuria, with a painful and swollen renal allograft. Confirmation of the diagnosis requires Doppler ultrasound and computed tomography. Herein we have reported a successfully treated case of late RVT that developed in an allograft with recurrent membranous nephropathy associated with the nephrotic syndrome. The patient fully recovered renal graft function a few days after presentation, which was related to anticoagulant therapy. We demonstrated complete recanalization of the venous thrombosis.
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Department of Nephrology, Hospital Militar, Santiago, Chile. alejandracarrasco@uach.cl
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D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002102:Cadaver; D015433:Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009846:Oliguria / Q000188:drug therapy; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin