A Rare Case of Transplanted Kidney Lymphangiectasia in a Patient With Joubert Syndrome

Mohamed Lameir Mukhtar Hussein; Jouhar J Kolleri; Sabir A Al Sharani; Amal M J Thabet; Akram Twair

doi:10.7759/cureus.39814

A Rare Case of Transplanted Kidney Lymphangiectasia in a Patient With Joubert Syndrome

Cureus. 2023 Jun 1;15(6):e39814. doi: 10.7759/cureus.39814. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Mohamed Lameir Mukhtar Hussein¹, Jouhar J Kolleri¹, Sabir A Al Sharani¹, Amal M J Thabet¹, Akram Twair¹

Affiliation

¹ Clinical Imaging Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.

Abstract

Renal lymphangiectasia is one of the rarest surgical complications in post-transplant kidney patients. A few patients may clinically complain of nonspecific symptoms, and the other few might be diagnosed incidentally. We report the case of a 32-year-old female patient with a known case of Joubert syndrome who presented with nonspecific clinical manifestations. The patient underwent ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and nuclear medicine (NM) imaging to confirm the diagnosis, which showed radiologic features of renal lymphangiectasia. Conservative medical management was delivered to the patient.

Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging; nm renogram; radiology; renal lymphangiectasia; transplanted kideny; ultrasonography.

Publication types

Case Reports