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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 26
| Issue : 1 | Page : 45-48 |
Cytomegalovirus infection inducing flare of Behcet's disease with possible recurrence of glomerulonephritis after renal transplantation
RA Annigeri1, M Rajagopalan2, RM Mani3, SS Kaveripattu3
1 Department of Nephrology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Dermatology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Pathology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
R A Annigeri
Department of Nephrology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai - 600 006, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.157418
We present a case of young male with end-stage renal disease due to type III membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (GN) and clinical features consistent with Behcet's disease (BD). He developed flare of BD 3 months after deceased donor renal transplantation following cytomegalovirus infection, in the form of oral and genital ulcers. He also had GN characterized by mild mesangial proliferation, neutrophilic infiltration and subepithelial, mesangial and intramembranous electron dense deposits, which could possibly be attributed to recurrence of renal disease due to BD. The clinical flare of BD was treated with colchicine with good response.
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