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NDT Plus Advance Access published online on November 3, 2009
NDT Plus, doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp148
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Successful treatment of spontaneous kidney graft decapsulation 18 years after renal transplantation: a case report

Hans-Arne Myhre1,2, Ole Øyen3, Øyvind Kårbø4 and Karsten Midtvedt1

1 Medical Department, Section of Nephrology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, NO-0027 Oslo
2 Medical Department, Section of Nephrology, Nordlandssykehuset HF, NO-8092 Bodø
3 Surgical Department, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet NO-0027 Oslo
4 Medical Department, Section of Nephrology, Ålesund sykehus, HF. NO-6026, Ålesund, Norway E-mail: hans.arne.myhre@rikshospitalet.no

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Sir,

The detection of a perirenal fluid collection causing graft dysfunctions is common in the early postoperative phase after renal transplantation. These are typically lymphoceles, urinomas, abscesses and haematomas, and treatment is well established. Perirenal fluid collection causing acute or sub-acute renal failure several years after engraftment is unusual. A rare, but potentially treatable condition is acute spontaneous decapsulation of the kidney graft. We hereby present a case of spontaneous decapsulation and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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