1. Kidney transplantation in infantile myofibromatosis and fibromuscular dysplasia: a case report.
- Author
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Frezin J, Fusaro F, Reding R, and Godefroid N
- Subjects
- Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Hypertension, Renovascular etiology, Kidney diagnostic imaging, Kidney pathology, Myofibromatosis complications, Radiography, Renal Insufficiency etiology, Fibromuscular Dysplasia complications, Hypertension, Renovascular surgery, Kidney Transplantation, Myofibromatosis congenital, Renal Insufficiency surgery
- Abstract
Introduction: We report what we believe to be the first case of a child affected by two rare vascular diseases complicated by kidney failure and successfully treated by kidney transplantation., Case Presentation: A 3-year-old Caucasian girl with fibromuscular dysplasia and infantile myofibromatosis presented with arterial hypertension and renal failure. She received a deceased donor kidney transplantation distal to an iliac graft. The technical peculiarities of this transplantation are described, as well as her favorable long-term outcome., Conclusion: Kidney transplantation may be considered in a patient with vascular diseases and a history of iliac surgery.
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- 2015
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