title: Management of lymphoceles after renal transplant: case report of a novel percutaneous image-guided treatment technique.
abstract: A 65-year-old African American man with end-stage renal disease underwent renal transplantation and developed a perigraft lymphocele with an associated progressive increase in serum creatinine 6 weeks after surgery, which failed to resolve with percutaneous drainage and surgical therapy. Fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided percutaneous transperitoneal balloon fenestration with a 22-mm, 2-cm-long balloon catheter resulted in resolution of the lymphocele as shown by ultrasound at 3 and 5 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. matthew.gipson@ucdenver.edu
authors.forename: Matthew G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Gipson
authors.forename: Kimi L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008210:Lymphocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome