Tahereh Malakoutian
1, Maliheh Yarmohamadi
2*, Ronak Mohammadi
3, Mojgan Asgari
3, Reyhaneh Mahmoodian
31 Department of Nephrology, Hashemi Nejad Nephrology & Urology Center Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Kosar Hospital, Semnan university of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
3 Department of Nephrology, Hashemi Nejad Nephrology & Urology Center Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Splenic abscess is one of the rare and potentially life-threatening complications after kidney transplantation. Splenic abscess generally occurs in patients who have immunodeficiency state. It becomes more important with the increased use of immunosuppressed drugs and organ transplantation. The clinical presentation of splenic abscess is insidious, often with constitutional symptoms. Left upper quadrant tenderness is an uncommon sign. Therefore, its diagnosis is difficult and requires a high degree of clinical suspicion. We report a case under renal transplantation with recurrent fungal infection in different organs with two episodes of fungemia who died after splenectomy.
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
Splenic abscess generally occurs in patients who have immunodeficiency state. It becomes more important with the increased use of immunosuppressed drugs and organ transplantation. We report a case of renal transplantation with recurrent fungal infection in different organs with two episodes of fungemia who died after splenectomy.
Please cite this paper as: Malakotian T, Yarmohamadi M, Mohammadi R, Asgari M, Mahmoodian R. Splenic abscess due to fungal infection after kidney transplantation; a case report. J Renal Inj Prev. 2016;5(3):168-170. DOI: 10.15171/jrip.2016.35