NDT Plus Advance Access originally published online on December 19, 2007
NDT Plus 2008 1(2):124-125; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfm023
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Sirolimus-induced interstitial pneumonitis in a renal transplant recipient
1 Departments of Nephrology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
2 Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Correspondence: Nada Kanaan, Department of Nephrology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: nada.kanaan@nefr.ucl.ac.be
Key Words: interstitial pneumonitis sirolimus transplantation
Received for publication November 7, 2007. Accepted for publication November 16, 2007.
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A 64 year-old man, who received a renal transplant in 1988 for end-stage renal disease due to chronic pyelonephritis, developed persistent dry cough, progressive dyspnoea, fatigue and fever, 2 weeks after he was shifted from cyclosporine to sirolimus for recurrent squamous cell