Presentation and management of mycotic pseudoaneurysm after kidney transplantation.

Transpl Infect Dis

Department of Surgery, Surgery and Abdominal Transplantation Division, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

Published: February 2015

Pseudoaneurysms (PAs) developing at the site of vascular anastomosis after organ transplantation are a rare but serious complication. We report a series of 3 cases of PA observed in a single center over a period of 18 years. The mode of presentation was acute bleeding in 2 cases. In the third patient, who underwent combined kidney and pancreas transplantation, the PA on the renal graft was discovered by chance. Graft removal associated with iliac artery ligation and extra-anatomic femoro-femoral bypass represents the standard treatment. However, interposition of a venous homograft may allow preservation of inferior limb perfusion and possibly graft salvage.

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