Rare Complication of Renal Torsion in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease following an Intraperitoneal Kidney Transplantation.

ABSTRACT: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is present in individuals with chronic renal disease due to bilateral renal cysts. This case report describes the progression of the disease with the rare complication of renal torsion of the transplanted kidney in a patient with ADPKD. To our knowledge, this clinical incidence of renal torsion posttransplant has only been reported in 40 cases in the literature, of which only 3 cases involved ADPKD with two intraperitoneal and one retroperitoneal kidney allograft. The allografts in these 3 cases were salvaged by performing a nephropexy, while our novel case of intraperitoneal renal torsion in ADPKD resulted in loss of allograft viability. A 51-year-old female patient received a living, unrelated donor kidney transplant for end-stage rena

SUBMITTER: Silveri OC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306961 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature