Renal Allograft Cortical Necrosis in a COVID-19 Positive Patient

Svr Bipin Kumar; Indumathi Elango; Karthikeyan Balasubramanian; Sanjeev V Nair; Ashok Ramasamy; Chandramouleeswari Kathir

doi:10.4103/ijn.ijn_3_22

Renal Allograft Cortical Necrosis in a COVID-19 Positive Patient

Indian J Nephrol. 2023 Mar-Apr;33(2):125-127. doi: 10.4103/ijn.ijn_3_22. Epub 2022 Jul 16.

Authors

Svr Bipin Kumar¹, Indumathi Elango¹, Karthikeyan Balasubramanian¹, Sanjeev V Nair¹, Ashok Ramasamy¹, Chandramouleeswari Kathir²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology, Saveetha Medical College Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Department of Pathology, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) has been reported to be higher in kidney transplant recipients infected with SARS-CoV-2 compared with the general population. Here, we report a case of cortical necrosis in the graft kidney due to COVID infection in a patient with stable graft function over the years. The patient was started on hemodialysis and treated with steroids, and anticoagulants for COVID infection. Later, he had gradual improvement in his graft function and became dialysis independent on follow up.

Keywords: COVID; Cortical necrosis; renal allograft.

Publication types

Case Reports