Abdominal pain and acute nephritis in a man with a recent renal transplant

E Gotti; M Abbate; P Ferrante; G Remuzzi

Abdominal pain and acute nephritis in a man with a recent renal transplant

J Nephrol. 1998 Jul-Aug;11(4):196-8.

Authors

E Gotti¹, M Abbate, P Ferrante, G Remuzzi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Transplant Immunology and Innovative Antirejection Therapies, Azienda Ospedaliera, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Italy.

PMID: 9702870

Abstract

We describe a patient with renal transplant who developed abdominal pain and acute nephritis in the course of the follow-up. A biopsy of colon lesions revealed CMV inclusions, renal biopsy revealed acute glomerulonephritis with positive CMV-DNA on polymerase chain reaction. The renal disease and bowel symptoms completely resolved after antiviral treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology*
Colon / virology
Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Glomerulonephritis / virology*
Graft Rejection / diagnosis
Humans
Kidney Transplantation*
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction