Posttransplant Intrarenal Lymphangiectasia

Abstract EN

Renal lymphangiectasia is an extremely rare benign condition in the setting of transplanted kidneys.

We describe a 50-year-old female with a past medical history of lupus nephritis and renal transplants who presented with right lower quadrant pain and was found to have intrarenal lymphangiectasia on imaging and laboratory tests.

The patient was treated with percutaneous drainage initially and then wide peritoneal fenestration and omentoplasty.

An extremely rare adult case with intrarenal lymphangiectasia thirteen months after kidney transplant was described in this study.

Imaging, particularly computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), plays a key role in the diagnosis of renal lymphangiectasia.