Successful renal transplantation in a patient with systemic sarcoidosis and renal failure due to focal glomerulosclerosis

Am J Kidney Dis. 1992 May;19(5):493-5. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(12)80961-9.

Abstract

In 1987, a patient presented with pulmonary sarcoidosis and progressive renal failure. Percutaneous renal biopsy showed focal glomerular sclerosis (FGS). Over the subsequent 4-year period, her renal failure progressed to require hemodialysis. During this time, her pulmonary sarcoidosis was treated with daily corticosteroid therapy and she remained in clinical remission. The patient received a one-haplotype-identical living-related renal transplant from her mother. The patient is now 25 months posttransplant with a serum creatinine of 106 mumol/L (1.2 mg/dL). Her sarcoidosis continues to be in clinical remission. In this report, we review the rare association of a primary glomerular lesion causing renal failure in patients with sarcoidosis. In addition, we detail the first successful renal transplant in such a patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / complications
  • Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / etiology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Lung Diseases / complications*
  • Lung Diseases / surgery
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Sarcoidosis / surgery