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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-118917
ABSTRACT
We report a patient of primary catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome who presented with rapidly progressive renal failure and seizures. He was detected to have thrombotic microangiopathy on kidney biopsy and deep cerebral venous thrombosis. The patient was successfully managed with anticoagulants, steroids, plasmapheresis and cyclophosphamide.
Subject(s)
Adult , Anticonvulsants , Antiphospholipid Syndrome/diagnosis , Brain Diseases/diagnosis , Cyclophosphamide , Disease Progression , Humans , Acute Kidney Injury/physiopathology , Male , Plasmapheresis , Steroids , Venous Thrombosis/diagnosis
2.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-63899
ABSTRACT
Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis (FCH) is a severe and progressive form of liver dysfunction seen in organ transplant recipients and immunosuppressed patients; it is usually associated with hepatitis B virus infection. We report 36-year-old man, a renal transplant recipient, also developed FCH with hepatitis C virus infection and succumbed to it.
Subject(s)
Adult , Fatal Outcome , Hepatitis C/complications , Hepatitis C Antibodies/blood , Humans , Kidney Transplantation/adverse effects , Male
3.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-85779