Post transplant thrombotic microangiopathy causing acute renal failure

S Qutube; KG Arun; N Jayaram; S Ramakrishnan; R Dilip

doi:10.4103/0971-4065.53327

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CASE REPORT

Year : 2009 | Volume : 19 | Issue : 2 | Page : 74-76

Post transplant thrombotic microangiopathy causing acute renal failure

S Qutube¹, KG Arun¹, N Jayaram², S Ramakrishnan¹, R Dilip¹
¹ Department of Nephrology, NU Trust, Padmanabhanagar, Bangalore - 560 070, India
² Anand Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Blue Cross Chambers, Infantry Road Cross, Bangalore G.P.O., Bangalore - 560 001, Karnataka, India

Correspondence Address:
R Dilip
Department of Nephrology, NU Trust, C.A. 6, 15th Main, 11th Cross, Padmanabhanagar, Bangalore 560 070.
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.53327

Acute Renal Failure (ARF) in the immediate post transplant period is most commonly due to acute tubular necrosis, acute cellular rejection and calcineurin inhibitor toxicity apart from usual prerenal and post renal causes. In this report, we discuss an interesting and unusual cause of ARF due to thrombotic micro angiopathy in the immediate post transplant setting.

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