Abstract  In 2001, a 41-year-old Japanese woman was referred to our hospital because of severe renal dysfunction and fever of unknown origin. On admission, her serum creatinine was 8.7 mg/dL, urine protein was 0.3 g/day, and urine β2-microglobulin was 81,007 Î¼g/day. Computed tomography (CT) scans showed bilateral contracted kidneys with a mass projecting from the lower pole of the [...]

CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that renal transplantation may be carried out safely in transplant candidates with sarcoidosis. Recurrence is not rare and is likely to affect graft outcome. These results fully justify a specific clinical and histologic monitoring mainly during the early posttransplant period. PMID: 20671220 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Clinical Journal [...]

We report 4 renal transplant recipients with erythema nodosum. Erythema nodosum is a cutaneous inflammatory reaction located on the anterior aspects of the lower extremities. It may be associated with a wide variety of diseases, including infections (as in Cases 1 and 2), sarcoidosis, rheumatologic diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases (as in Case 3), medications (as [...]