Lasting Over Time: 20-Year Follow-Up of Living Related Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Between Identical Twins

Pierpaolo Di Cocco; Andrew Tully; Egor Petrochenkov; Giulia Bencini; Stepan Akshelyan; Alberto Fratti; Mario Spaggiari; Ivo Tzvetanov; Enrico Benedetti

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.08.031

Lasting Over Time: 20-Year Follow-Up of Living Related Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Between Identical Twins

Transplant Proc. 2022 Oct;54(8):2344-2346. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.08.031. Epub 2022 Sep 23.

Authors

Pierpaolo Di Cocco¹, Andrew Tully¹, Egor Petrochenkov¹, Giulia Bencini², Stepan Akshelyan¹, Alberto Fratti¹, Mario Spaggiari¹, Ivo Tzvetanov¹, Enrico Benedetti¹

Affiliations

¹ University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Transplantation, Chicago, Illinois.
² University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Transplantation, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: gbenci2@uic.edu.

PMID: 36163084
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.08.031

Abstract

Background: Twenty-year follow-up of the first reported simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant from living donor between identical twins.

Case: We present a case of a patient after the world's first simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant between identical twins. The transplant was performed because of diabetes mellitus type (DM1) related renal failure. Now in her sixties, the patient has had exceptional prolonged bi-graft function without immunosuppression. She is free from DM1 recurrence, does not take insulin, and her creatinine level has stayed with the normal limit.

Conclusions: Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant can be performed successfully with excellent long-term outcomes.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1* / complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1* / surgery
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
Pancreas
Twins, Monozygotic