Author/Authors :
Mekik Akar, E Pediatric Nephrology Department - School of Medicine - Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey , Aydın, F Pediatric Rheumatology Department - School of Medicine - Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey , Tüzüner, A. General Surgery Department - School of Medicine - Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey , Fitöz, S Pediatric Radiology Department - School of Medicine - Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey , Öztürk, S Pediatrics Department - and School of Medicine - Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey , Kurt Şükür, E. D Pediatric Nephrology Department - School of Medicine - Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey , Şanlıdilek, U Radiology Department - School of Medicine - Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey , Çelikel, E Pediatric Rheumatology Department - School of Medicine - Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey , Özçakar, Z. B Pediatric Nephrology Department - School of Medicine - Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey , Çakar, N Pediatric Nephrology Department - School of Medicine - Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey , Yalçınkaya, F Pediatric Nephrology Department - School of Medicine - Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
Involvement of the renal artery is common in Takayasu arteritis. We, herein, present on a patient
with Takayasu arteritis causing severe renal failure and a successful auto-transplantation. This
case shows that early diagnosis and immediate appropriate interventions are life-saving in patients
with Takayasu arteritis. Renal auto-transplantation performed in selected cases increases
dialysis-free survival.
Keywords :
Takayasu arteritis , Renal artery stenosis , Renal insufficiency , Transplantation , autologous
