RT Book, Section
A1 Bijol, Vanesa
A2 Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo
SR Print(0)
ID 1194189393
T1 Renal Oxalosis
T2 Molmenti’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management, 2e
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260474275
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1194189393
RD 2024/04/17
AB 45-year-old  male  with  history  of  obesity  and  gastric  bypass  at  age  37.  Underwent  deceased  donor  kidney  transplantation  after  having  been  on  dialysis  for  4  years.  Post-operative  course  complicated  by  delayed  graft  function.  An  allograft  biopsy  was  obtained  on  post-transplant  day  20.Biopsy  (Figures  112-83  and  112-84)  revealed  numerous  polarizable  oxalate  crystals.  Renal  oxalosis  is  a  known  complication  of  gastric  bypass  surgery,  as  well  as  other  conditions  inclusive  of  short  bowel  syndrome,  chronic  diarrhea,  chronic  antibiotic  use  due  to  intestinal  flora  alterations,  increased  intake  of  oxalate  rich  foods,  megadoses  of  vitamin  C,  and  ethylene  glycol  poisoning.