Renal allograft cortical necrosis in a COVID-19 positive patient Kumar SB, Elango I, Balasubramanian K, Nair SV, Ramasamy A, Kathir C,

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Renal allograft cortical necrosis in a COVID-19 positive patient SVR Bipin Kumar¹, Indumathi Elango¹, Karthikeyan Balasubramanian¹, Sanjeev V Nair¹, Ashok Ramasamy¹, Chandramouleeswari Kathir² ¹ Department of Nephrology, Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India ² Department of Pathology, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Correspondence Address: Karthikeyan Balasubramanian, Department of Nephrology, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Thandalam, Chennai, Kancheepuram - 602105, Tamil Nadu India Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/ijn.ijn_3_22

The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) has been reported to be higher in kidney transplant recipients infected with SARS-CoV-2 compared with the general population. Here, we report a case of cortical necrosis in the graft kidney due to COVID infection in a patient with stable graft function over the years. The patient was started on hemodialysis and treated with steroids, and anticoagulants for COVID infection. Later, he had gradual improvement in his graft function and became dialysis independent on follow up.

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