[Antopol-Goldman lesion: a rare cause of hematuria].

An Antopol-Goldman lesion or subepithelial pelvic hematoma of the kidney is a rare cause of hematuria. We described a 26 year-old man hospitalized for macroscopic hematuria associated with a subepithelial hematoma whose development might have been favored by arterial hypertension secondary to a renal artery stenosis.

Lower incidence of chronic allograft nephropathy at 1 year post-transplantation in patients treated with mycophenolate mofetil.

Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) is the main cause of graft failure after the first year of transplantation. This prospective, centrally randomized, open-label study was conducted to examine the possibility that mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) can prevent the emergence of CAN. The incidence of biopsy-proven CAN at 1 year was compared between two cyclosporine-based regimens comprising either mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) or azathioprine (AZA).

Serum leptin, body fat, and nutritional markers during the six months post-kidney transplantation.

Leptin is a 16-kd protein that is thought to be a regulator of food intake and body weight. Many previous studies have reported elevated serum leptin levels in renal failure. In this study, we investigated the outcome of serum leptin and its relationship to body fat (BF), dietary intake, nutritional, and inflammatory markers after kidney transplantation (KTx).

Renal failure after liver transplantation: outcome after calcineurin inhibitor withdrawal.

Chronic nephrotoxicity is one of the most serious side-effects of calcineurin inhibitor treatment and a factor in mortality and morbidity after liver transplantation. In our transplant centre, among patients who underwent a liver transplantation between January 1989 and December 2000, 14 liver graft recipients (6.86%) developed de novo severe renal dysfunction as defined by a serum creatinine concentration above 200 micromol/L.

Early evolution of nutritional status and body composition after kidney transplantation.

Background: Previous series have dealt with nutritional status after kidney transplantation. However, few studies have described the outcome of body composition after kidney transplantation.

Methods: A total of 44 cadaver kidney transplant recipients (28 men and 16 women) were followed prospectively during the first post-transplant year.