De novo Crohn's disease in a renal transplant recipient. 2007

M A Halim, and T Said, and P Nair, and I Schmidt, and A Hassan, and K V Johny, and I Al-Muzairai, and M Samhan, and M R N Nampoory, and M Al-Mousawi
Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplantation Centre and Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait. medhatmohamed2000@yahoo.com

The prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) after renal transplantation is affected by the immune tolerance and the modality of immunosuppression. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) may have a promoting effect on the development of posttransplantation erosive enterocolitis and a Crohn's disease-like pattern of colitis. We have presented a 40-year-old man with end-stage renal disease due to chronic glomerulonephritis who commenced hemodialysis for 2 months before receipt of a live unrelated renal transplant. He developed early posttransplantation diabetes mellitus and an anti graft rejection episode, which responded to a methylprednisolone pulse and OKT3 treatment. His immunosuppressive regimen included prednisolone, MMF, and tacrolimus. Three years after transplantation, he developed mild constitutional symptoms, mouth ulcerations, and chronic intermittent bloody diarrhea. Colonoscopy showed active segmental colitis with aphthous ulcers, involving the proximal descending colon and the splenic flexure. Colonic biopsies showed distended and branched crypts in the ascending colon, moderate active chronic colitis with regenerative atypia, skipping appearance, and ulceration in the splenic flexure and descending colon. The edematous crypts were associated with ulcerations in the sigmoid colon and rectum. The features were highly suggestive of Crohn's disease. He was successfully treated with high-dose steroids and 5-aminosalicylic acid. Subsequently, he developed chronic transplant glomerulopathy and restarted hemodialysis. We concluded that de novo Crohn's disease may develop in renal transplant recipients despite immunosuppressive therapy especially with MMF immunosuppression.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007166 Immunosuppressive Agents Agents that suppress immune function by one of several mechanisms of action. Classical cytotoxic immunosuppressants act by inhibiting DNA synthesis. Others may act through activation of T-CELLS or by inhibiting the activation of HELPER CELLS. While immunosuppression has been brought about in the past primarily to prevent rejection of transplanted organs, new applications involving mediation of the effects of INTERLEUKINS and other CYTOKINES are emerging. Immunosuppressant,Immunosuppressive Agent,Immunosuppressants,Agent, Immunosuppressive,Agents, Immunosuppressive
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D008297 Male Males
D009173 Mycophenolic Acid Compound derived from Penicillium stoloniferum and related species. It blocks de novo biosynthesis of purine nucleotides by inhibition of the enzyme inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMP DEHYDROGENASE). Mycophenolic acid exerts selective effects on the immune system in which it prevents the proliferation of T-CELLS, LYMPHOCYTES, and the formation of antibodies from B-CELLS. It may also inhibit recruitment of LEUKOCYTES to sites of INFLAMMATION. Cellcept,Mycophenolate Mofetil,Mycophenolate Mofetil Hydrochloride,Mycophenolate Sodium,Mycophenolic Acid Morpholinoethyl Ester,Myfortic,RS 61443,RS-61443,Sodium Mycophenolate,Mofetil Hydrochloride, Mycophenolate,Mofetil, Mycophenolate,Mycophenolate, Sodium,RS61443
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D003424 Crohn Disease A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients. Colitis, Granulomatous,Enteritis, Granulomatous,Enteritis, Regional,Ileitis, Regional,Ileitis, Terminal,Ileocolitis,Crohn's Disease,Crohn's Enteritis,Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1,Regional Enteritis,Crohns Disease,Granulomatous Colitis,Granulomatous Enteritis,Regional Ileitides,Regional Ileitis,Terminal Ileitis
D006435 Renal Dialysis Therapy for the insufficient cleansing of the BLOOD by the kidneys based on dialysis and including hemodialysis, PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, and HEMODIAFILTRATION. Dialysis, Extracorporeal,Dialysis, Renal,Extracorporeal Dialysis,Hemodialysis,Dialyses, Extracorporeal,Dialyses, Renal,Extracorporeal Dialyses,Hemodialyses,Renal Dialyses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D016030 Kidney Transplantation The transference of a kidney from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Kidney,Renal Transplantation,Transplantation, Kidney,Transplantation, Renal,Kidney Grafting,Kidney Transplantations,Renal Transplantations,Transplantations, Kidney,Transplantations, Renal

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