An Unexpected Catastrophe-Renal Artery Thrombosis in a Living Donor: A Case Report

Joana Freitas; José Francisco; Miguel Coimbra; Renata Carvalho; José Silvano; Catarina Ribeiro; Jorge Malheiro; Sofia Pedroso; Manuela Almeida; La Salete Martins

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.06.002

An Unexpected Catastrophe-Renal Artery Thrombosis in a Living Donor: A Case Report

Transplant Proc. 2023 Jul-Aug;55(6):1437-1440. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.06.002. Epub 2023 Jun 30.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Nephrology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Santo António, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: joanacfreitas@gmail.com.
² Nephrology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.
³ Nephrology Department, Hospital Espírito Santo de Évora, Évora, Portugal.
⁴ Nephrology Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
⁵ Nephrology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Santo António, Porto, Portugal; Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, ICBAS - School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

PMID: 37393168
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.06.002

Abstract

Renal artery thrombosis is a devastating complication if not detected early. Cardioembolic disease or surgical and technical complications are frequent causes of renal artery thrombosis. There are some reports of renal artery thrombosis in a renal allograft, but to our knowledge, this is the first case of renal artery thrombosis reported in a kidney donor.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Humans
Kidney Diseases* / complications
Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
Living Donors
Renal Artery / diagnostic imaging
Renal Artery / surgery
Thrombosis* / etiology
Transplantation, Homologous / adverse effects