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A Case Report of Kidney After Heart Transplant in Patient With Fabry Disease.
Kyem, Gloria; Okorozo, Aham; Hamdan, Hana; Tuffaha, Ahmad M.
Afiliação
  • Kyem G; Department of Internal Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Electronic address: kyemglo@gmail.com.
  • Okorozo A; Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
  • Hamdan H; Department of Pathology and Anatomic Sciences, Kansas City University, Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Tuffaha AM; Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Transplant Proc ; 55(8): 1975-1977, 2023 Oct.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37558546
Fabry disease is an X-linked inherited lysosomal storage disorder caused by a mutation in the gene encoding the enzyme α-galactosidase A. It is characterized by the accumulation of globotriaosylceramide in different tissues, resulting in a wide range of clinical presentations. Fabry cardiomyopathy and Fabry nephropathy are the disease's 2 most important life-threatening manifestations and can contribute to higher morbidity and mortality. Heart and kidney transplants can play a major role in patients with Fabry disease who develop end organ damage. We report a case of a successful heart transplant in a male patient with Fabry disease at the age of 62, followed by a kidney transplant later at the age of 69. He has had an uneventful post-transplant course and has been tolerating maintenance immunosuppression and enzyme replacement therapy with recombinant human α-galactosidase A.

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article