Gluteal Necrosis and Lumbosacral Plexopathy in a Diabetic Patient after Renal Transplantation.

Case Rep Urol

Nephrology Department, Shahid Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Saadat Abad, Tehran 1998734383, Iran.

Published: January 2016

A 34-year-old diabetic patient underwent a renal transplant which was complicated by right side lower extremity paresis and numbness with gluteal necrosis. The main reason was ligation of internal iliac artery of the same side as a result of extensive microvascular obstruction due to severe atheromatous plaque. This is a rare complication which is mostly reported in aneurysmal patients after bypass surgery. The gluteal necrosis is a serious complication which, as in our patient, resulted in patient's death in most of the reported cases. Because of catastrophic nature of this condition, identifying preventive measures is extremely important.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4697094PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/976912DOI Listing

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