title: Ocular complications after kidney transplantation: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type II (MPGN II), also known as a dense deposit disease, is a chronic progressive kidney disease that often progresses to end-stage renal disease within 10 years. Most patients also have multiple subretinal white spots or drusen-like deposits that are histopathologically identical to the glomerular basement membrane deposits. The purpose is to determine ocular findings in a patient with MPGN II before and after renal transplantation and to correlate them with clinical characteristics related to transplantation and review of literature. We present a case of a 45-year-old female with MPGN II who developed bilateral serous retinal detachment and retinal hemorrhages in the left eye, which appeared 6 months after a renal transplant. Ocular complications in our case, with the exception on the retina, were present at the cornea and iris. Changes to the eyes were independent of the renal disease, because there was no recurrence of MPGN II on the renal graft.
authors.affiliation: Eye Clinic, Zvezdara University Medical Center, 161 Dimitrija Tucovica Street, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia, zihret@dr.com.
authors.forename: Zihret
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Abazi
authors.forename: Lidija
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Magarasevic
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sukalo
authors.forename: Natalija
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kosanovic-Jakovic
authors.forename: Dusica
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Risovic
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*