An unusual case of recurrence of AA amyloidosis in the renal allograft

Ren Fail. 2004 Jan;26(1):89-92. doi: 10.1081/jdi-120028561.

Abstract

Recurrence of amyloidosis secondary to chronic infections in the renal allograft is highly unusual. We report the recurrence of amyloid in the graft within one year after transplantation in a patient with systemic AA amyloidosis secondary to tuberculosis. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was made in the immediate post-transplant period on the basis of good therapeutic response of fever and chest infiltrates to anti-tubercular chemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amyloidosis / etiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Graft Survival
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery*
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Recurrence
  • Serum Amyloid A Protein / metabolism*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications*

Substances

  • Serum Amyloid A Protein