Residual amoebic liver abscess in a prospective renal transplant recipient.

Abstract

Amoebic liver abscess (ALA) is by far the most common extraintestinal manifestation of invasive amoebiasis. The vast majority of these resolve with treatment; however, a small percentage of the treated ALAs are known to persist asymptomatically. Herein, we present a prospective renal allograft recipient with a residual liver abscess who had a successful renal transplant after treatment. In our opinion, persistence of a radiological finding of residual abscess in the absence of clinical disease does not appear to be a contraindication to renal transplantation.

• Authors: Ashish V Choudhrie, Santosh Kumar, Ganesh Gopalakrishnan
• Journal: Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia (Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl) Vol. 23 Issue 1 Pg. 99-101 (Jan 2012) ISSN: 1319-2442 [Print] Saudi Arabia
• PMID: 22237227 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antiprotozoal Agents
• Immunosuppressive Agents

Topics

• Adult
• Antiprotozoal Agents (therapeutic use)
• Chronic Disease
• Humans
• Immunosuppressive Agents (therapeutic use)
• Kidney Diseases (complications, surgery)
• Kidney Transplantation
• Liver Abscess, Amebic (complications, diagnostic imaging, drug therapy)
• Male
• Renal Dialysis
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Treatment Outcome
• Ultrasonography
• Waiting Lists