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  • Title: Acute rejection presenting as nephrotic syndrome.
    Author: Ahmad I, Abul-Ezz SR, Walker PD, Bonsib SM, Ketel B, Barri YM.
    Journal: Transplantation; 2000 Jun 27; 69(12):2663-5. PubMed ID: 10910291.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis and treatment of acute rejection is important to prevent continued renal injury. Acute rejection most commonly presents with asymptomatic rise in serum creatinine. Proteinuria associated with acute rejection is well established; however, there is limited documentation of the presentation of acute rejection as nephrotic syndrome in the literature. METHODS AND RESULTS: We report a renal transplant patient who presented with early onset nephrotic syndrome without change in serum creatinine, whose allograft biopsy confirmed acute glomerulitis and vascular rejection. Treatment of the acute rejection was accompanied by resolution of the nephrotic syndrome. A second episode of acute rejection was also manifested as nephrotic range proteinuria. CONCLUSION: The nephrotic syndrome in early post-transplantation period should prompt a work-up for acute rejection even in the absence of the common findings of this complication.
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