Kidney transplant after preexisting posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome induced by Goodpasture's syndrome.
Exp Clin Transplant
; 10(3): 299-301, 2012 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22631071
ABSTRACT
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is characterized by varying neurologic symptoms associated with brain vasogenic edema. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome can be associated with severe hypertension (eg, in eclampsia or HELLP syndrome), but it also has been observed without hypertension and in several clinical conditions including infections and autoimmune disorders. The literature offers several reports of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome detected or induced after bone-marrow and solid-organ transplant, or induction by immunosuppression. We describe what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first case of man who successfully underwent a kidney transplant with preexisting posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome induced by Goodpasture's syndrome.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Kidney Transplantation
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Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
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Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Exp Clin Transplant
Journal subject:
TRANSPLANTE
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
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