Juliano Riella, Marina M Tabbara, Phillipe Abreu, Javier Gonzalez, Gaetano Ciancio, José Maria Figueiro
{"title":"Complex Vascular Reconstruction of an En Bloc Pediatric Kidney Damaged during Organ Procurement.","authors":"Juliano Riella, Marina M Tabbara, Phillipe Abreu, Javier Gonzalez, Gaetano Ciancio, José Maria Figueiro","doi":"10.1155/2022/3242809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3242809","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>En bloc pediatric kidney (EBPK) allografts are a potential solution to expand the organ donor pool; however, EBPK transplantation has been traditionally considered suboptimal due to concerns of perioperative vascular and urologic complications. Accidental organ or vasculature injury during harvest is not uncommon; however, this does not necessarily mean that the organ should be discarded. Careful vascular reconstruction can be performed using donor vascular grafts, salvaging the organ without stenosis or thrombosis of the vessels. We report an extensive vascular reconstruction of the right renal artery, aorta, and inferior vena cava of a damaged EBPK allograft using a donor pediatric aorta vascular patch with the goal of avoiding postoperative vascular complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":30327,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Transplantation","volume":" ","pages":"3242809"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9225888/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40402155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fawwaz Almajali, Catherine Oleary, Taylor Hallcox, Justin Lok, Daniela Hermelin, Alexis Guenette, Mustafa Nazzal
{"title":"Ehrlichiosis in a Recent Liver Transplant Recipient Leading to Multiorgan Failure.","authors":"Fawwaz Almajali, Catherine Oleary, Taylor Hallcox, Justin Lok, Daniela Hermelin, Alexis Guenette, Mustafa Nazzal","doi":"10.1155/2022/3062836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3062836","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ehrlichia infection has a broad spectrum of diseases ranging from asymptomatic to fatal. While Ehrlichia often presents as a mild form of the disease in immunocompetent patients, immunosuppressed patients are at increased risk for a more virulent and potentially fatal infection. Our liver transplant patient presented with fever, persistent headaches, and negative Ehrlichia antibodies. Empiric antibiotic therapy was started and along with knowledge of prior tick infection, doxycycline was added. Subsequent positive PCR and observation of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in peripheral blood smear confirmed the diagnosis. The patient did recover from infection but not before it manifested in hepatic, renal, and pulmonary involvement. Therefore, a high level of suspicion is necessary for early detection and treatment initiation to prevent a devastating progression of the disease in immunosuppressed patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":30327,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Transplantation","volume":" ","pages":"3062836"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9205736/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40057266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Logan D. Glosser, Brandon S Zakeri, Conner V Lombardi, O. Ekwenna
{"title":"Conservative Management of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Patient","authors":"Logan D. Glosser, Brandon S Zakeri, Conner V Lombardi, O. Ekwenna","doi":"10.1155/2022/5373414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5373414","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. Solid organ transplant increases the risk for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Although a common tumor, urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC) of the bladder in patients with kidney-pancreas transplants is scarcely reported. Case Presentation. A 65-year-old male with history of type 1 diabetes and a 14-year status post deceased donor pancreas-kidney transplant presented with 3 weeks of gross hematuria. CT scan showed multiple bladder masses. Transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) showed papillary UCC. 5 months later, the patient reported new-onset gross hematuria. TURBT showed MIBC. The patient elected for bladder-preserving TMT. On cystoscopy there was no gross evidence of carcinoma at 3.5 years of follow up. Discussion. Currently, no specific management guidelines target this population with MIBC. The first-line treatment for MIBC is radical cystectomy (RC) with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. For patients that are medically unfit or unwilling to undergo RC, trimodal therapy (TMT) is an alternative. TMT for bladder cancer consists of complete tumor resection with chemotherapy and radiation. This report demonstrates a unique case of a patient with kidney-pancreas transplant diagnosed with MIBC treated with TMT that has no evidence of gross tumorigenesis at 3.5 years after diagnosis. Our findings suggest that trimodal therapy should be considered for treatment of MIBC in patients with kidney-pancreatic transplants to preserve the donated allografts.","PeriodicalId":30327,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Transplantation","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74713808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kentaro Ichimura, N. Kawamura, R. Goto, Masaaki Watanabe, Yoshikazu Ganchiku, T. Shimamura, A. Taketomi
{"title":"Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatic Venoocclusive Disease/Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome Originating from Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation","authors":"Kentaro Ichimura, N. Kawamura, R. Goto, Masaaki Watanabe, Yoshikazu Ganchiku, T. Shimamura, A. Taketomi","doi":"10.1155/2022/8361769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8361769","url":null,"abstract":"Background Venoocclusive disease (VOD), also known as sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS), is a life-threatening hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) complication. Cases of mild and moderate VOD/SOS are self-limiting; however, the mortality for severe VOD/SOS has reached 80%. Recently, defibrotide became available and has been used for VOD/SOS; however, the outcome for patients with severe VOD/SOS is not satisfactory, and liver transplantation is attempted in these severe cases. Method We describe a case of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for acute liver failure secondary to VOD/SOS that originates from HSCT. Result Liver regeneration after LDLT was impaired, and several infections were developed before liver regeneration completion. Our patient suffered sepsis and finally died of multiorgan failure. Conclusion Severe VOD/SOS originating from HSCT is associated with a very poor prognosis. The liver transplantation outcome for VOD/SOS has not been satisfied, but it may provide long-term survival if successful. We considered liver transplantation as a therapeutic option, especially in cases where sufficient graft volume is secured, considering impaired liver regeneration under bone marrow suppression after HSCT.","PeriodicalId":30327,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Transplantation","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80231587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Subramanian, Farjad Siddiqui, Pranit N. Chotai, Yazan Al-Adwan, A. Rajab, K. Washburn, A. Schenk, Ashley J Limkemann, Michael D Luttrull, Musab Al-Ebrahim, G. Bumgardner, Navdeep Singh
{"title":"Spinal Stroke following Kidney Transplant","authors":"J. Subramanian, Farjad Siddiqui, Pranit N. Chotai, Yazan Al-Adwan, A. Rajab, K. Washburn, A. Schenk, Ashley J Limkemann, Michael D Luttrull, Musab Al-Ebrahim, G. Bumgardner, Navdeep Singh","doi":"10.1155/2022/2058600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2058600","url":null,"abstract":"Complications are a part of surgery. Spinal infarctions are a dreaded complication of aortic surgery. We present a patient who developed a spinal infarct after a kidney transplant. We were unable to find a causative factor in our search for etiology. In our review of the literature, we were unable to find a similar report. We present this case report to highlight a rare complication of kidney transplantation and to reinforce that patients requiring kidney transplant are complex patients with multiple comorbidities that can cause a multitude of complications in the periop period.","PeriodicalId":30327,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Transplantation","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87153814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Okeke, J. Lok, R. Wells, M. Wycoff, A. Engelhardt, J. Bettag, C. O'Leary, T. Hallcox, M. Nazzal
{"title":"Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome after Orthotopic Liver Transplant","authors":"R. Okeke, J. Lok, R. Wells, M. Wycoff, A. Engelhardt, J. Bettag, C. O'Leary, T. Hallcox, M. Nazzal","doi":"10.1155/2022/6209300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6209300","url":null,"abstract":"Background Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is an autoimmune thrombogenic disorder of small and large vessels caused by autoantibodies against phospholipids and phospholipid-binding proteins. This severe form of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) presents clinically with simultaneous life-threatening multiorgan thrombosis and the presence of two or more persistent antiphospholipid antibodies (APL) confirmed on testing 12 weeks apart. Case Presentation. We describe a case report of a 66-year-old woman with detected antinuclear antibodies (ANA) pretransplant diagnosed with CAPS following orthotopic liver transplant. The patient had acute respiratory failure; Doppler ultrasound and CT angiogram confirmed thrombosis in the hepatic artery, subsequent occlusion of the jump graft, and a splenic infarct. Hypercoagulability workup showed elevated levels of anticardiolipin IgG and beta-2-glycoprotein IgG/IgM and positive lupus anticoagulant, treated with steroids and anticoagulation. The patient was discharged after one month and was transitioned from heparin to life-long warfarin. Conclusion Our patient provided a standard presentation of CAPS with abnormal pretransplant levels of antinuclear antibodies (ANA). Although there have been studies investigating the relationship between anticardiolipin antibodies and lupus anticoagulants and APS, the relationship between pretransplant positive ANA or antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA) and CAPS has yet to be explored. Further studies will be needed to determine the significance of these antibodies. We recommend preoperative APL testing for patients with positive ANA and AMA at preliver transplant presentation.","PeriodicalId":30327,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Transplantation","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79190920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relapsing De Novo Membranous Nephropathy","authors":"Ala Ali, Huda Al-Taee, Thaer J. Kadhim","doi":"10.1155/2022/6754520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6754520","url":null,"abstract":"Allograft membranous glomerulopathy can be a recurrent or de novo disease. Both instead have different underlying immune pathophysiology and disease pattern. While the introduction of ANTI-PLAR2 and THS7A brought new insights into the management of Immune/primary MN, the treatment of de novo MN is not clear. Relapsing de novo MN in a kidney transplant was rarely reported. Here, we present a case of relapsing de novo MN without evidence of rejection and a gratifying response to rituximab.","PeriodicalId":30327,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Transplantation","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79322545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Mora, J. Osorio, D. Iturbe, S. Tello, Yedra Gómez Guzmán, L. Sánchez, José Javier Román Gómez, J. Cifrián
{"title":"Double-Lung Transplantation in a Patient with Pulmonary Type B Niemann-Pick Disease: A Valid Treatment Option","authors":"V. Mora, J. Osorio, D. Iturbe, S. Tello, Yedra Gómez Guzmán, L. Sánchez, José Javier Román Gómez, J. Cifrián","doi":"10.1155/2022/5428381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5428381","url":null,"abstract":"Niemann-Pick disease is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by an abnormal intracellular lipid accumulation. Type B is later in onset and a less severe form of the disease, so affected people may survive in adulthood. Storage of sphingomyelin in pulmonary macrophages can lead to interstitial lung disease. There are very few published cases of lung transplantation in patients with Niemann-Pick disease, all of them described in the last 2 years. We present here one case of a 57-year-old man successfully treated with a double-lung transplant.","PeriodicalId":30327,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Transplantation","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82845500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian Maalouli, J. de Greef, T. Duprez, A. Devresse, C. Huart, M. Coutel, N. Demoulin, L. Belkhir, N. Kanaan
{"title":"Sino-Orbital Aspergillosis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient","authors":"Christian Maalouli, J. de Greef, T. Duprez, A. Devresse, C. Huart, M. Coutel, N. Demoulin, L. Belkhir, N. Kanaan","doi":"10.1155/2022/5946446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5946446","url":null,"abstract":"Sino-orbital aspergillosis is a rare and severe infection mostly seen in immunocompromised individuals in which diagnosis may be challenging with potentially life-threatening consequences. Infection usually starts in the paranasal sinuses with secondary spreading to the adjacent orbits. Here, we report the case of a kidney transplant recipient who presented with proven invasive sino-orbital aspergillosis resulting in irreversible loss of vision despite surgical management and antifungal therapy. We review the literature with a focus on clinical presentation, diagnostic tools, and recommended treatment in the context of kidney transplantation.","PeriodicalId":30327,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Transplantation","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82241886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Happaerts, Michiel Wieërs, W. Vander Mijnsbrugge, L. Godinas, D. Van raemdonck, L. Ceulemans, R. Vos, G. Verleden
{"title":"Azole-Induced Myositis after Combined Lung-Liver Transplantation","authors":"S. Happaerts, Michiel Wieërs, W. Vander Mijnsbrugge, L. Godinas, D. Van raemdonck, L. Ceulemans, R. Vos, G. Verleden","doi":"10.1155/2022/7323755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7323755","url":null,"abstract":"Lung transplant recipients experience a high rate of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis infections, for which voriconazole is the treatment of choice. We report a patient who developed voriconazole-induced myositis that relapsed after one dose of isavuconazole. Our patient was a 38-year-old man who received a single sequential lung transplantation and liver transplantation because of end-stage cystic fibrosis. He presented to our emergency room with acute pain in both forearms at 3 weeks after voriconazole was initiated for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis infection. Levels of voriconazole were normal during the course of therapy. After stopping voriconazole, the symptoms decreased but relapsed after one dose of isavuconazole. Other causes of muscle pain and inflammation were excluded. Magnetic resonance imaging of both arms showed muscle edema in both arms, including involvement of the fascia, consistent with myositis. There were no signs of necrosis. Isavuconazole was discontinued, and the corticosteroid dose was temporarily increased, with rapid resolution of all complaints. Our patient is the fourth reported case of voriconazole-induced myositis, and the first whose symptoms relapsed after initiating isavuconazole.","PeriodicalId":30327,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Transplantation","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91160393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}