Kidney transplantation in infantile myofibromatosis and fibromuscular dysplasia: a case report

INTRODUCTION: We report what we believe to be the first case of a child affected by two rare vascular diseases complicated by kidney failure and successfully treated by kidney transplantation. CASE PRESENTATION: A 3-year-old Caucasian girl with fibromuscular dysplasia and infantile myofibromatosis p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Frezin, Julie, Fusaro, Fabio, Reding, Raymond, Godefroid, Nathalie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4658745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26603035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-015-0756-8
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: We report what we believe to be the first case of a child affected by two rare vascular diseases complicated by kidney failure and successfully treated by kidney transplantation. CASE PRESENTATION: A 3-year-old Caucasian girl with fibromuscular dysplasia and infantile myofibromatosis presented with arterial hypertension and renal failure. She received a deceased donor kidney transplantation distal to an iliac graft. The technical peculiarities of this transplantation are described, as well as her favorable long-term outcome. CONCLUSION: Kidney transplantation may be considered in a patient with vascular diseases and a history of iliac surgery.

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