J Korean Soc Transplant.
2002 Jun;16(1):57-61.
Hematuria in Renal Transplant Patients: Causes and Diagnostic Algorithm
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- 1Research Institute for Transplantation, Korea.
- 2Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. soonkim@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- 3Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Patholgy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 5Department of Surgery, Sung-Ae Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
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PURPOSE: Hematuria is a frequently encountered clinical problem in kidney graft recipients. The causes are variable, may be benign or malignant, but imperative to affect long- term graft function and survival. We have evaluated renal recipients who had hematuria using a newly defined algorithm.
METHODS
We evaluated 1060 renal transplant recipients from March 1, 1992 to February 28, 2000. In 93 recipients, hematuria was transitory and spontaneously resolved within 3 months. We tried to identify the cause of persistent hematuria in 126 recipients. Patients were evaluated with plain x-ray, sonography, cystoscopic examination and/or graft biopsy.
RESULTS
The mean duration of hematuria onset after transplantation was 17.81+/-14.6 months (4-70 months). The causes of gross hematuria were urolithiasis (n= 15), benign bladder mucosal bleeding (n=3), bladder cancer (n=2) and kidney cancer from an original kidney (n=1). Graft kidney biopsies were performed in 96 patients and the results were as follows: chronic rejection in 18, IgA nephropathy in 16, cyclosporine toxicity in 8, acute rejection in 5, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in 3, the other glomerulonephritis in 2, and tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis in 19 patients. Combined pathologic findings were detected in 15 patients. In 8 patients, no pathological diagnoses were made. We were unable to evaluate 9 patients due to patient's refusal.
CONCLUSION
The causes of hematuria after kidney transplantation are variable from benign to malignant disease. If the cause of hematuria is uncertain on ultrasonographic examination, cystoscopic examination and/or graft biopsy should be performed for making a definite diagnosis.
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