title: [Post-transplant distal limb syndrome].
abstract: The post-transplant distal limb syndrome is a not well known entity, with a prevalence of 5% in patients with renal transplant. Its diagnosis is based on clinical symptoms, bone scintigraphy and MRI, it has a benign course and the patient recovers without sequel. We present the case of a 37-year-old male, with medical history of hypertension, Berger's disease in 1999 that required dialysis three times a week for four years (2009-2013) and renal transplant in 2013. The patient consults on January 2014 referring severe pain in both feet, with sudden onset; he remembers the exact date of the beginning of the pain and denies trauma, pain prevents ambulation. The bone scintigraphy shows pathological uptake in both feet with no difference between the two. Although there is no treatment for this disease, it has a benign course.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología, Complejo Médico Churruca-Visca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: mfborghitorzillo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: María Florencia
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Borghi Torzillo
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología, Complejo Médico Churruca-Visca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bavcar
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología, Complejo Médico Churruca-Visca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lutfi
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología, Complejo Médico Churruca-Visca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Díaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
keywords: immunosuppressive drug; post-transplant distal limb syndrome; renal transplantation