Cytomegalovirus ischemic colitis and transverse myelitis in a renal transplant recipient.

We report a rare case of cytomegalovirus (CMV)-associated ischemic colitis and transverse myelitis (TM) occurring precociously after renal transplantation. A 57-year-old male was transplanted with a cadaveric kidney on 5 June 2009. The patient was CMV seropositive and the donor was seronegative.

[Acute renal failure caused by renal lymphoma. A case report].

Acute renal failure, as the initial manifestation of lymphoma, has been reported only in a few cases. In this work, we report the case of a 28-year-old women admitted for acute renal failure. Her physical examination detected bilateral kidney enlargement.

[Lupus nephritis in childhood: clinical and evolutive study of 14 cases].

Background: Renal involvement is one of the most severe and frequent manifestations of the systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Aim : In this study, we analyzed clinical and evolutive particularities of 14 paediatric cases of lupus nephritis (LN).

Methods: It's a retrospective study in 14 children with lupus nephritis followed-up in the paediatrics department of Sousse and Mahdia between 1983 and 2004.

[Primary hyperoxaluria in children in central Tunisia].

Aim: The goal of this work is to analyze clinical and therapeutics particularities of primary hyperoxaluria in children in Tunisian centre.

Methods: We studied retrospectively 15 cases of primary hyperoxaluria enrolled during 9 years period (1994-2002).

Results: It is about 2 boys and 13 girls (sex - ratio = 4.