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A successful renal transplantation in Behçet's syndrome
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Renal involvement is not frequent in Behçet's syndrome (BS) and consists of occasional reports of patients having glomerulonephritis,1 IgA nephropathy2 and renal amyloidosis.3 We present the successful outcome of a renal transplantation in a patient who had end stage renal failure secondary to glomerulonephritis. To our knowledge, this is the first patient with BS to receive an organ transplantation.
The detailed history of this patient at the time of the diagnosis of
glomerulonephritis was the subject of a case report in 1991.4 In brief, she was 21 years old when she developed
recurrent oral and genital ulcers, bilateral uveitis, erythema nodosum, folliculitis, and intermittent arthritis of the knees. Two years later,
she was referred to our centre for further evaluation of eye symptoms.
She had no active mucocutaneous lesions at that time, the pathergy
reaction was positive and she carried HLA B5. It was decided to
prescribe only local drops for
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