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Case Reports
. 2023 Jan-Feb;33(1):54-56.
doi: 10.4103/ijn.IJN_564_20. Epub 2022 Dec 26.

Crystal-Induced Lower GI Necrosis in a Posttransplant Recipient with Diverticular Disease

Maithrayie Kumaresan  1 , R S Arun  1 , Aditi Damle  1 , Rajeevalochana Parthasarathy  1 , Milly Matthew  1 , Gerogi Abraham  1
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Case Reports

Crystal-Induced Lower GI Necrosis in a Posttransplant Recipient with Diverticular Disease

Maithrayie Kumaresan et al. Indian J Nephrol. 2023 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

We report the case of a 67-year-old male kidney transplant recipient for 12 years with sodium polystyrene sulfonate crystal-induced ileocecal colitis. He had adult polycystic kidney disease with associated colonic diverticular disease. Here, we describe how a potentially fatal complication of colonic perforation was averted with appropriate investigations and management.

Keywords: Hyperkalemia; ileocecal colitis; sodium polystyrene sulfonate crystals.

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