Abstract

Renal lipomatosis was diagnosed in a kidney transplant recipient who presented with acute kidney injury (AKI) several years after transplantation. The patient had an odd-looking kidney transplant on ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) scan, showing a medullary mass with resultant compression of the surrounding renal parenchyma. A biopsy of the renal medulla confirmed fatty infiltration of the renal parenchyma. The patient underwent percutaneous nephrostomy and AKI resolved with relief of the obstruction. Renal lipomatosis is a rare condition that should be differentiated from other neoplasms of the kidney. When it occurs in a functioning transplant kidney, the treatment approach proves to be very challenging.

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Title
Allograft dysfunction in a patient with an odd-looking kidney: case of renal lipomatosis and review of literature
Author
Posadas, Maria Aurora 1 ; Chua, Elizabeth 1 ; Beje, Thomas 1 ; Savage, Stephen J 2 ; Baliga, Prabhakar 3 

 Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA 
 Department of Urology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA 
 Division of Transplant Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA 
Pages
359-361
Publication year
2012
Publication date
Aug 2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISSN
20488505
e-ISSN
20488513
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3170129155
Copyright
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