Mondragón-Ramírez G, Bochicchio T, García-Torres R, Amigo MC, Martínez-Lavin M, Reyes P, Herrera-Acosta J Recurrent renal thrombotic angiopathy after kidney transplantation in two patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS). [Case Reports, Journal Article] Clin Transplant 1994 Apr; 8(2 Pt 1):93-6.
Renal artery and venous thrombosis and thrombotic microangiopathy have been related to PAPS. This condition may lead to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). We present 2 patients with PAPS and ESRD who received a living unrelated kidney transplant. Despite intensive anticoagulant therapy, the disease recurred in the grafts.
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