Recurrent calcinosis in consecutively transplanted kidney grafts

Repeated renal transplant calcinosis is a rare event. We report a young woman in whom repeated calcinosis was observed in two consecutive renal transplants. Persistent secondary hyperparathyoidism and hyperphosphatemia due to impaired renal function were assumed as the pathogenic factors for calcino...

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Published in:Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 2003-09, Vol.115 (17-18), p.665-667
Main Authors: Janko, Otmar, Zazgornik, Jan, Biesenbach, Georg
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biopsy
Calcinosis - blood
Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis - etiology
Calcinosis - pathology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary - complications
Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary - surgery
Kidney - pathology
Kidney Diseases - blood
Kidney Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Diseases - etiology
Kidney Diseases - pathology
Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects
Parathyroidectomy
Phosphates - blood
Recurrence
Reoperation
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Repeated renal transplant calcinosis is a rare event. We report a young woman in whom repeated calcinosis was observed in two consecutive renal transplants. Persistent secondary hyperparathyoidism and hyperphosphatemia due to impaired renal function were assumed as the pathogenic factors for calcinosis. Sub-total parathyroidectomy performed shortly after the third transplantation and good function of the renal graft have prevented calcinosis in the third graft for more than five years.
ISSN:0043-5325
1613-7671
DOI:10.1007/BF03040473