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Cutaneous vasculitis after renal transplantation: a case report
1Department I of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Division, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. Simon.Rau@med.uni-muenchen.de
Background:
Cutaneous vasculitis is a rare symptom after renal transplantation. With a broad spectrum of differential diagnosis, the new appearance of a skin rash in transplanted patients can be challenging.
Case Report:
We present the case of a 69-year-old man with palpable purpura, skin ulcerations, and diffuse arthralgias. He had a history of cadaveric renal transplantation owing to biopsy-proven isolated immunoglobulin (Ig)A nephropathy and never suffered from any skin manifestation before. Skin biopsy confirmed Henoch-Schoenlein purpura (HSP), which developed under maintenance immunsuppressive therapy with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil. Renal biopsy showed recurrent IgA nephropathy with positive mesangial and capillary IgA staining.
Discussion:
This is the first case to describe a new manifestation of HSP following renal transplantation owing to isolated IgA nephropathy. Here, we summarize the differential diagnosis of cutaneous vasculitis following renal transplantation. Moreover we give a short review of the recurrence of IgA nephropathy and HSP after renal transplantation followed by possible strategies for prevention and therapy of recurrent disease.
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