Kidney transplantation after ex vivo excision of an angiomyolipoma from a living related kidney donor

Publication date: October–December 2013 Source:Indian Journal of Transplantation, Volume 7, Issue 4 Author(s): Jai Inder Singh , Alok Kumar Gupta , Dushyant Nadar , Manoj Kumar Singhal A 62-year-old lady was detected to have solitary angiomyolipoma of left kidney during work up as a prospective living kidney donor. Left sided laparoscopic nephrectomy followed by bench resection of renal mass was done. The tissue was sent for frozen section and confirmed to be a benign angiomyolipoma. The kidney was transplanted and post transplant the recipient had good recovery of renal function. The recipients renal parameters remain normal a month after transplant. Donor recovery was uneventful. Final histology report of the resected mass was angiomyolipoma with no evidence of malignancy.
Source: Indian Journal of Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Source Type: research