Kidney Transplant in a Patient With Factor VII Deficiency: Case Report

Exp Clin Transplant. 2019 Jan;17(Suppl 1):142-144. doi: 10.6002/ect.MESOT2018.P9.

Abstract

Organ transplant in patients with congenital bleeding disorders is a challenge requiring an integrated approach of various specialists. Inherited factor VII deficiency is the most common of the rare bleeding disorders, with a wide set of hemorrhagic features. Although a kidney allograft is the most frequent type of solid-organ transplant, it is rarely performed in individuals with congenital hemorrhagic disorders. Here, we highlight the course of a patient with coagulation factor VII deficiency who underwent successful kidney transplant without significant coagulopathy. Our patient was a 19-year-old man with end-stage kidney disease and congenital coagulation factor VII deficiency. Perioperative bleeding was successfully prevented by administration of recombinant factor VII, confirming its safety in solid-organ transplants. Success requires evaluation of doses and therapeutic schedules, as well as a multidisciplinary approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blood Coagulation / drug effects
  • Blood Loss, Surgical / prevention & control*
  • Coagulants / administration & dosage*
  • Drug Monitoring / methods
  • Factor VII Deficiency / blood
  • Factor VII Deficiency / complications
  • Factor VII Deficiency / diagnosis
  • Factor VII Deficiency / drug therapy*
  • Factor VIIa / administration & dosage*
  • Graft Survival / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
  • International Normalized Ratio
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Recombinant Proteins / administration & dosage
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Coagulants
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Factor VIIa