Successful renal transplantation in Jeune syndrome type 2.

Abstract

Jeune syndrome (asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy) is a rare inherited disease which is fatal in early childhood in 70% of cases. Severe renal involvement may occur and lead to chronic renal insufficiency in patients who survive respiratory failure. Therefore the opportunity to perform kidney transplantation is quite rare. We report a successful cadaver renal transplantation in a 10-year-old boy with Jeune syndrome type 2.

• Authors: M Amirou, G Bourdat-Michel, N Pinel, G Huet, J Gaultier, P Cochat
• Journal: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (Pediatr Nephrol) Vol. 12 Issue 4 Pg. 293-4 (May 1998) ISSN: 0931-041X [Print] Germany
• PMID: 9655360 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Asphyxia Neonatorum (complications)
• Cadaver
• Child, Preschool
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Kidney Failure, Chronic (etiology, surgery, therapy)
• Kidney Transplantation
• Male
• Osteochondrodysplasias (complications)
• Renal Dialysis
• Syndrome
• Thorax (abnormalities)