Department of Medicine, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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Common iliac artery thrombosis after pelvic surgery leading to allogeneic kidney transplant failure with percutaneous angioplasty balloon dilatable stent
Author(s): Garcia Lawrence*
A 66-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease in the setting of type 2
diabetes, hypertension, nephrolithiasis, and renal artery stenosis received a kidney
transplant from a 7 year unrelated living donor before. She also had a history of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, heart failure with
preserved left ventricular ejection fraction, and atrial fibrillation (administration
of rivaroxaban, an orally active factor Xa inhibitor oral for which she underwent
ablation and atrio ventricular node placement a permanent pacemaker. She has
excessive uterine bleeding. Test results showed a mass in the pelvis and uterus
filled with fluid. She underwent elective hysteroscopy with dilation and curettage,
which revealed a pyometra. The surgical process was complicated by bleeding
and perforation of the uterus, requiring a total hysterect.. View More»
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