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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
In a 16-year study, 101 gastrointestinal (GI) lesions (16 fatal) developed in 580 renal transplant recipients seen in the authors' institution. Lesions were seen at all levels of the GI tract, but colonic lesions were the most common (42 patients) and were fatal in 8. Segmental ischemic colitis was the single most common morphologic diagnosis (14 patients). Seven of these patients had an unusual syndrome that clinically, at surgery, and on gross examination resembled inflammatory bowel disease. Lesions were segmental; involved bowel was thickened and erythematous with creeping peritoneal fat. Histologically, mucosa adjacent to the frank necrosis showed simplification and striking epithelial atypia. Specific identifiable viral infections caused 28% of the GI complications in this series. This incidence is higher than that in other reported series. Most of these infections can be diagnosed from endoscopically obtained material. These findings have therapeutic implications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-9173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Gastrointestinal complications in renal transplant recipients.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article