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Ascites and Kidney Transplantation: Case Report and Critical Appraisal of the Literature
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Ascites and Kidney Transplantation: Case Report and Critical Appraisal of the Literature
Marko Markov1, David H. Van Thiel2 and Abdul Nadir1, 2, 3 
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Maricopa Integrated Health System, 2601 East Roosevelt, Phoenix, Arizona 85008, USA |
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St. Luke’s Medical Center, Aurora Health Care System, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, USA |
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1925 East Everett Drive, Phoenix, Arizona 85022, USA |
Received: 17 August 2006 Accepted: 3 December 2006 Published online: 5 April 2007
Abstract Ascites is an ominous finding after kidney transplantation. It occurs either as a result of technical complication of the
transplant procedure or from medical reasons that include portal hypertension, graft rejection and other causes (1, 2). Here
in are described a case of ascites that occurred after successful kidney transplantation. Kidney re-transplantation alone
or combined heart and kidney transplantation were possible options for him. Finally, a review of published cases of ascites
that occurred after kidney transplantation and treatment of putative nephrogenic ascites (NA) is presented.
Keywords Kidney transplantation - Ascites - Nephrogenic ascites
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