title: Residual amoebic liver abscess in a prospective renal transplant recipient.
abstract: Amoebic liver abscess (ALA) is by far the most common extraintestinal manifestation of invasive amoebiasis. The vast majority of these resolve with treatment; however, a small percentage of the treated ALAs are known to persist asymptomatically. Herein, we present a prospective renal allograft recipient with a residual liver abscess who had a successful renal transplant after treatment. In our opinion, persistence of a radiological finding of residual abscess in the absence of clinical disease does not appear to be a contraindication to renal transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India. ashishchoudhrie@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ashish V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Choudhrie
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gopalakrishnan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014850:Waiting Lists
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents