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      Uterine leiomyoma causing urinary obstruction of the transplanted kidney.

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      Clinical nephrology

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          Obstruction of the ureter as a cause of acute or chronic kidney injury in the transplanted kidney is unusual beyond the perioperative period. We present a case of ureteric obstruction, infection and septicemia caused by a large uterine leiomyoma in a patient 8 years post transplantation. Initial treatment comprised of intravenous fluid and antibiotics followed by urgent drainage of the collecting system. Subsequent hysterectomy resolved the obstruction with resolution of renal failure. In young female kidney transplant recipients, gynecologic causes, although rare, need to be considered as possible etiologies of urinary obstruction and renal dysfunction.

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          Journal
          Clin. Nephrol.
          Clinical nephrology
          0301-0430
          0301-0430
          Apr 2010
          : 73
          : 4
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
          Article
          7464
          20353740
          8b6aa508-b0ad-46cc-9bf2-5ada7915b2bc
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