Uterine leiomyoma causing urinary obstruction of the transplanted kidney.
Obstruction of the ureter as a cause of acute or chronic kidney injury in the transplanted kidney is unusual beyond the perioperative period. We present a case of ureteric obstruction, infection and septicemia caused by a large uterine leiomyoma in a patient 8 years post transplantation. Initial treatment comprised of intravenous fluid and antibiotics followed by urgent drainage of the collecting system. Subsequent hysterectomy resolved the obstruction with resolution of renal failure. In young female kidney transplant recipients, gynecologic causes, although rare, need to be considered as possible etiologies of urinary obstruction and renal dysfunction.
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Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery