Successful transplant of a kidney with fibromuscular dysplasia having higher glomerular filtration rate than the contralateral kidney.
Fibromuscular dysplasia is the second-most commonly encountered anatomic abnormality in potential renal donors. Normotensive patients with medial fibroplasia and low-grade lesions have been used as renal donors. However, no studies have reported the optimal choice of a kidney for donation where the kidney with fibromuscular dysplasia had a larger volume and a higher glomerular filtration rate than the unaffected side. Herein, we report a case of renal transplant using a kidney with fibromuscular dysplasia that had higher glomerular filtration rate than the normal side. After transplant, hypertension and abnormal serum creatinine did not occur in either the donor or the recipient during 12 months' follow-up.
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
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Sun
Yu Ah
YA
Hong
Hyun Gyung
HG
Kim
Hoon Suk
HS
Park
Sun Ryoung
SR
Choi
Byung Ha
BH
Chung
Cheol Whee
CW
Park
Chul Woo
CW
Yang
Yong Soo
YS
Kim
Bum Soon
BS
Choi
D000328:Adult; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D003404:Creatinine