title: Complete renal allograft calcification.
abstract: A 37-year-old man with end-stage renal disease, despite having received cadaveric renal transplants in 1991 and 1997, was scheduled for nephrectomy of 1 graft before rescheduling him for a third renal transplant. Computed tomography showed complete calcification of right renal allograft, with no calcification of iliac vessels or other abdominal soft tissue. An extracapsular approach was elected to avoid leaving a calcified renal capsule and troubles in cleaving it from renal parenchyma. Preoperative imaging and familiarity with both extra- and intracapsular technique of graft nephrectomy are essential for urologists called upon to perform such procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Kidney Transplant, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cormio
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Selvaggio
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stallone
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Infante
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Fino
authors.forename: Loreto
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gesualdo
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carrieri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery