Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol 6, No 4 (2012)

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A Rare Incidence of Angiomyolipoma After Kidney Transplantation

Jamshid Roozbeh, Ahad Eshraghian, Bita Geramizadeh, Saman Nikeghbalian, Mehdi Salehipour, Seyed Ali Malek-Hosseini

Abstract


Kidney transplantation has been established as the treatment of end-stage renal disease. Despite great improvement in transplant science, complications are still frequently seen after kidney transplantation. We describe the first case of isolated angiomyolipoma in the kidney allograft developed 3 years after transplantation and treated with partial nephrectomy of the allograft. 


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