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Case report: Renal replacement lipomatosis associated with renal transplantation
S D Chang1, F V Coakley, R B Goldstein
1Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1M9.
Abstract:
We report a case of extensive renal replacement lipomatosis demonstrated by ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) in a 57-year-old woman with a history of two cadaveric renal transplants. One transplant was non-functional due to chronic rejection. The second renal transplant is functioning normally and the renal replacement lipomatosis did not cause mass effect on either of the renal transplants.
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