Late 'spontaneous' kidney graft decapsulation with fluid collection: Lymphocele or transudate?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1288-1291

  Mousson, Christiane ^a,b   Zanetta, Gilbert ^a   Tanter, Yves ^a   Cercueil, Jean Pierre ^a   Chalopin, Jean Marc ^a   Briet, Serge ^a   Rifle, Gérard ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Perirenal collection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PROTEIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCELE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031970299     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.5.1288     Document Type: Article

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