End-stage renal disease in a patient with congenital lymphangiectasia and lymphedema.

End-stage renal disease in a patient with congenital lymphangiectasia and lymphedema.

Sombolos KI,
Papachillea AI,
Natse TM,
Gogos KI,
Pavlidis GO,
Barboutis KA,
Mavromatidis KS.
Renal Unit G.H. G. Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece. sobolos@spark.net.gr

Congenital lymphangiectasia with lymphedema is a disorder constituting the main defect in many different genetic syndromes. Herein we describe a 23-year-old male patient with congenital lymphangiectasia and severe lymphedema of the right leg, scrotum, and abdominal wall, who presented with end-stage renal disease, presumably due to cystic renal lymphangiectasia, and is undergoing chronic hemodialysis treatment.

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PMID: 11261684 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]