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Ascites and kidney transplantation: case report and critical appraisal of the literature.

Markov M, Van Thiel DH, Nadir A

Maricopa Integrated Health System, 2601 East Roosevelt, Phoenix, Arizona 85008, USA.

Ascites is an ominous finding after kidney transplantation. It occurs either as a result of technical complication of the transplant procedure or from medical reasons that include portal hypertension, graft rejection and other causes (1, 2). Here in are described a case of ascites that occurred after successful kidney transplantation. Kidney re-transplantation alone or combined heart and kidney transplantation were possible options for him. Finally, a review of published cases of ascites that occurred after kidney transplantation and treatment of putative nephrogenic ascites (NA) is presented.

Published 8 November 2007 in Dig Dis Sci, 52(12): 3383-8.
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