Postrenal transplant lymphocele causing anuria due to ureteric compression

Lymphocele is one of the most common complications following renal transplantation and can lead to an increase in morbidity. Its incidence has been reported to vary from 0.6% to 20%. The use of ultrasonography has increased the index of detection of lymphocele though the majority of them have small...

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Main Authors: Harsh Sutariya, Kajal Patel, Shruti Gandhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Transplantation
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Online Access:http://www.ijtonline.in/article.asp?issn=2212-0017;year=2017;volume=11;issue=2;spage=79;epage=81;aulast=Sutariya
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Summary:Lymphocele is one of the most common complications following renal transplantation and can lead to an increase in morbidity. Its incidence has been reported to vary from 0.6% to 20%. The use of ultrasonography has increased the index of detection of lymphocele though the majority of them have small size and resolved spontaneously. We describe a case of a postrenal transplant patient who developed anuria due to transplanted ureteric compression by lymphocele in deceased donor dual-renal transplantation in the right renal fossa. When a transplanted patient comes with a history of sudden anuria, one should consider ureteric compression resulting from lymphocele as a possible cause.
ISSN:2212-0017
2212-0025