Systematic, Pretransplant Screening by Aortoiliac CT Angiography: Impact on Surgical Decision-making and Clinical Outcomes by Marie B. Nielsen, MD, PhD, Jacob Budtz-Lilly, MD, PhD, Jonathan N. Dahl, MD, Anna K. Keller, MD, PhD, Bente Jespersen, MD, DMSc, Per R. Ivarsen, MD, PhD, Simon Winther, MD, DMSc, Henrik Birn, MD, DMSc

“…Aortoiliac screening before kidney transplantation is suggested by some guidelines to select patients for transplantation and to assist surgical planning. …”
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Osteopontin at the Crossroads of Inflammation and Tumor Progression by Luigi Mario Castello, Davide Raineri, Livia Salmi, Nausicaa Clemente, Rosanna Vaschetto, Marco Quaglia, Massimiliano Garzaro, Sergio Gentilli, Paolo Navalesi, Vincenzo Cantaluppi, Umberto Dianzani, Anna Aspesi, Annalisa Chiocchetti

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Ciliated Hepatic Foregut Cyst: A Report of a Case Incidentally Discovered during Transplant Evaluation by Thomas Enke, Wuttiporn Manatsathit, Shaheed Merani, Kurt Fisher

“…We present the case of a 54-year-old male who was discovered to have a CHFC while undergoing kidney transplant evaluation.…”
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A Case Report of Purtscher-Like Retinopathy Secondary to Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in an Immunocompromised Patient by Alastair David Bezzina, Isaac Bertuello

“…To the best of our knowledge, we present the first case of a young adult male, on long-term immunosuppressive therapy following a live-donor kidney transplant, with Purtscher-like retinopathy (PLR) secondary to Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP). …”
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Polyoma BK Virus: An Oncogenic Virus? by Syed Hassan, Zaid Alirhayim, Syed Ahmed, Syed Amer

“…We report a case of a 65-year-old gentleman with a history of end stage renal disease who underwent a successful cadaveric donor kidney transplant four years ago. He subsequently developed BK virus nephropathy related to chronic immunosuppressant therapy. …”
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Management of Transplant Renal Artery Pseudoaneurysm and Literature Review by Luke Anders, Rachel Stephens, Melissa Laub, Rushay Amarath-Madav, Ahmad Mirza, Muhammad Irfan Saeed

“…We report a case series of extrarenal pseudoaneurysm after kidney transplant with different clinical presentations and management strategies. …”
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Germinal Center B Cells are Uniquely Targeted by Antibody-Suppressor CXCR5+CD8+ T Cells by Jason M. Zimmerer, PhD, Sachi Chaudhari, BS, Kavya Koneru, BS, Jing L. Han, MD, PhD, Mahmoud Abdel-Rasoul, MA, Hope Uwase, MA, Tai Yi, MD, Christopher K. Breuer, MD, Ginny L. Bumgardner, MD, PhD

“…The impact of in vivo adoptive transfer of CD8+ TAb-supp cells into hepatocyte or kidney transplant recipients on the quantity of lymphoid immune-cell subsets was assessed. …”
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Leiomyoma in a Renal Allograft by Yan Jun Li, Amila Rohan Siriwardana, James Lawrence Penn Symons, Gordon Francis O’Neill, Min Ru Qiu, Timothy John Furlong

“…There is one report of a leiomyoma in a kidney transplant in a paediatric recipient. Here, we report an adult renal transplant recipient who developed an Epstein-Barr virus-positive leiomyoma in his allograft 15 years after transplantation. …”
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Challenges in the management of an anuric child with end-stage renal disease since the neonatal period: a case report by Joanna Bieniek, Katarzyna Zachwieja, Monika Miklaszewska, Dorota Drożdż

“…The patient had been dialysed since the fourth day of his life, until he received a kidney transplant at the age of 3.5 years. During RRT there were numerous complications related to dialysis catheter, infections, poor nutrition, and electrolyte abnormalities. …”
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ACUTE PURULENT COMPLICATED PYELONEPHRITIS IN THE PRACTICE OF AN OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGIST (CLINICAL CASE) by Алена Васильевна Иванникова, Елена Валентиновна Гришкевич, Елена Николаевна Орлова, Елена Владимировна Рудаева, Светлана Ивановна Елгина, Кира Борисовна Мозес

“…Acute purulent pyelonephritis in pregnant women is characterized by severe kidney damage, often leading to intoxication, sepsis, obstructive pyelonephritis, emphysematous pyelonephritis, perinephric abscess, kidney transplant rejection and death. At the same time, the issues of prevention, diagnostics and differential diagnostics of the stages of the disease are far from being resolved. …”
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Pregnancy Outcome of Renal Transplant Recipients: Analysis of Nine Patients by Mert Turğal, Aslıhan Yazıcıoğlu, Kemal Beksaç, Özgür Özyüncü, Sinan Beksaç

“…In this study, we aimed to analyze the outcome of pregnancy in kidney transplant recipients and the consequences on renal function. …”
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Tacrolimus Toxicity due to Biliary Obstruction in a Combined Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipient by Samuel Chan, Michael T. Burke, David W. Johnson, Ross S. Francis, David W. Mudge

“…We report the case of a 26-year-old combined liver and kidney transplant recipient, who developed acute biliary obstruction leading to tacrolimus toxicity with very high blood tacrolimus levels. …”
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Evaluation and Transplantation of a SARS-CoV-2 Seropositive Kidney Candidate by Maya C. Graves, Sapna A. Mehta, Bonnie E. Lonze, Nicole M. Ali

“…Here, we describe our center’s approach to proceeding with transplantation in a SARS-CoV-2 seropositive living donor kidney transplant recipient and describe early posttransplant outcomes.…”
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Highest Recorded Serum Creatinine by Christine Persaud, Uttsav Sandesara, Victor Hoang, Joshua Tate, Wayne Latack, David Dado

“…After extensive literature review, we present a case of the highest recorded serum creatinine of 73.8 mg/dL in a 23-year-old male with the history of pediatric deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT). He initially presented with uremia and signs of acute renal allograft failure after two months of immunosuppressive medication nonadherence, ultimately requiring emergent hemodialysis, which was complicated by new onset seizures. …”
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The Factors That May Predict Response to Rituximab Therapy in Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Systematic Review by Carlos E. Araya, Vikas R. Dharnidharka

“…We retrieved all published reports depicting kidney transplant recipients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) recurrence, treated with rituximab, to determine factors associated with treatment response. …”
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Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Pathogenesis, Prevention, Treatment, and Outcomes by Olivia R. Blume, Sarah E. Yost, Bruce Kaplan

“…Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a major cause of late kidney transplant failure. It is important to have an understanding of human-leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing including well-designed studies to determine anti-MHC-class-I-related chain A (MICA) and antibody rejection pathogenesis. …”
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Grover's Disease after Heart Transplantation: A Case Report by Giovanbattista Ippoliti, Marco Paulli, Marco Lucioni, Andrea Maria D'Armini, Marinella Lauriola, Rany Mahrous Haleem Saaleb

“…Histologically characterized by an acantholytic pattern, it has been associated with numerous disorders, including hematologic malignancies, chronic renal failure, and HIV infection, as well as with chemotherapy and bone marrow and/or kidney transplant. Evaluation of followup and treatment is often complicated by spontaneous remission and the occasionally fluctuant course of the disease. …”
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Hepatic Disorders and COVID-19: From Pathophysiology to Treatment Strategy by Parisa Shiri Aghbash, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh Leylabadlo, Hamidreza Fathi, Mohaddeseh Bahmani, Rojin Chegini, Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi

“…As a result, some precautions have been taken to prevent, monitor the virus, and avoid immunocompromised and susceptible individuals, such as liver and kidney transplant recipients, from being infected with SARS-CoV-2, thereby avoiding an increase in mortality. …”
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Paracrine Proangiogenic Function of Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Is Not Affected by Chronic Kidney Disease by Femke C. C. van Rhijn-Brouwer, Bas W. M. van Balkom, Diana A. Papazova, Diënty H. M. Hazenbrink, Anke J. Meijer, Isaac Brete, Vidalmar Briceno, Arjan D. van Zuilen, Raechel J. Toorop, Joost O. Fledderus, Hendrik Gremmels, Marianne C. Verhaar

“…MSCs were cultured from BM obtained from kidney transplant recipients (N=15) or kidney donors (N=17). …”
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Conservative Management of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Patient by Logan D. Glosser, Brandon S. Zakeri, Conner V. Lombardi, Obi O. Ekwenna

“…A 65-year-old male with history of type 1 diabetes and a 14-year status post deceased donor pancreas-kidney transplant presented with 3 weeks of gross hematuria. …”
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