Concurrent <i>Kaposi′s sarcoma</i>, tuberculosis, and allograft dysfunction in a renal transplant patient
The major long-term complications of renal transplantation (RT) include cardio-vascular disease, opportunistic infections, malignancies, and chronic allograft nephropathy. Long-term complications are generally considered as those occurring more than 1 year post trans-plantation; however, some of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2009;volume=20;issue=2;spage=270;epage=273;aulast=Alshaebi |
| Summary: | The major long-term complications of renal transplantation (RT) include cardio-vascular disease, opportunistic infections, malignancies, and chronic allograft nephropathy. Long-term complications are generally considered as those occurring more than 1 year post trans-plantation; however, some of the complications can occur earlier. We present a 58-year-old man who presented with multiple complications of RT concurrently and relatively early post trans-plantation including Kaposi′s sarcoma, tuberculosis and allograft dysfunction. |
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| ISSN: | 1319-2442 |