TY - JOUR
T1 - Adenovirus nephritis and obstructive uropathy in a renal transplant recipient
T2 - Case report and literature review
AU - Kolankiewicz, Luiz M.
AU - Pullman, James
AU - Raffeld, Mark
AU - Kopp, Jeffrey B.
AU - Glicklich, Daniel
PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - We report an unusual case of adenoviral nephritis in a 45-year-old woman who presented with fever, gross haematuria, acute kidney injury and obstructive uropathy 17 months following renal transplantation. Adenoviral nephritis was confirmed with immunohistochemistry. We identified 10 other published cases of adenoviral nephritis proven by immunohistochemistry. Obstructive uropathy has been reported only once before in a renal transplant recipient with adenoviral nephritis. Contrary to other reports, this case series shows that renal function may not always recover to baseline following the acute adenoviral disease. Adenoviral nephritis should be considered in the renal transplant patient with fever, haematuria, acute kidney injury and hydronephrosis in both the early and late post-transplant periods.
AB - We report an unusual case of adenoviral nephritis in a 45-year-old woman who presented with fever, gross haematuria, acute kidney injury and obstructive uropathy 17 months following renal transplantation. Adenoviral nephritis was confirmed with immunohistochemistry. We identified 10 other published cases of adenoviral nephritis proven by immunohistochemistry. Obstructive uropathy has been reported only once before in a renal transplant recipient with adenoviral nephritis. Contrary to other reports, this case series shows that renal function may not always recover to baseline following the acute adenoviral disease. Adenoviral nephritis should be considered in the renal transplant patient with fever, haematuria, acute kidney injury and hydronephrosis in both the early and late post-transplant periods.
KW - adenovirus nephritis
KW - obstructive uropathy
KW - renal transplant
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U2 - 10.1093/ndtplus/sfq024
DO - 10.1093/ndtplus/sfq024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956047696
SN - 1753-0784
VL - 3
SP - 388
EP - 392
JO - NDT Plus
JF - NDT Plus
IS - 4
ER -