Tratamiento exitoso de rotura espontánea de injerto renal secundaria a rechazo. Reporte de caso

Spontaneous renal allograft rupture is a rare, but life threatening, complication of kidney transplantation and it may compromise the graft function and patient survival. Several causes have been proposed such as, acute rejections, graft thrombosis, infectious diseases, graft occlusion, ureteral occlusion, and trauma due to a surgical procedure or kidney biopsy. Graft nephrectomy is considered the standard treatment, but in selected cases conservative management is possible by repairing the rupture, and at the same time treat the cause. A report is presented on a patient who received a deceased-donor kidney transplant and experienced spontaneous allograft rupture due to acute rejection.