Thalidomide for Treatment of Bleeding Angiodysplasias during Hemodialysis |
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Authors: | Konstantinos Mimidis Maria Kaliontzidou Thomas Tzimas Vasileios Papadopoulos |
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Affiliation: | 1. First Department of Internal Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greecekmimidis@otenet.gr;3. First Department of Internal Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece |
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Abstract: | Renal transplant patients are more prone to tuberculosis infection due to the underlying intense immunosuppression, with an incidence 20–74 times higher than that in the general population. It is associated with graft dysfunction and increased mortality rates. It can be frequently pulmonary but extra-pulmonary involvement is not rare, and in the latter case, it may be misinterpreted as genital malignancies. In this case report, we discuss a renal transplant patient with pelvic pain and fever, who was later diagnosed as having abdominopelvic tuberculosis. |
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Keywords: | abdominopelvic tuberculosis multidrug resistant pelvic mass renal transplantation |
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