Post-Renal Transplant Lymphorrhea and Lymphocele: An Unusual Association with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

CH. Muhammad Zubair, Mukhtar Mehboob, Habibullah Ishaqi and Zulfiqar Ali Khoso

Department of Surgery, Mohtarma Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Pakistan

^*Correspondance to: CH. Muhammad Zubair 

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Abstract:

Lymphorrhea and lymphocele are unusual post renal transplant complications; Lymphorrhea is lymphatic fluid leakage around renal allograft, while lymphocele is cavity of lymphatic fluid collection around graft, lacking epithelial lining, caused by severed lymphatic vessels during transplant surgery. Numerous etiological factors had been defined and the association with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is accepted as a risk factor, but mechanism is still to be established. A young doctor who himself under went renal transplant surgery due to end stage renal disease by ADPKD. He experienced the symptomatic lymphorrhea and underwent various stepwise therapeutic options and faced variety of complications. The treatment of Lymphorrhea and lymphocele evolved with time and experience and now laparoscopic fenestration is well established technique with minimal morbidity.

Keywords:

Lymphorrhea; Lymphocele; Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

Cite the Article:

Muhammad Zubair CH, Mehboob M, Ishaqi H, Ali Khoso Z. PostRenal Transplant Lymphorrhea and Lymphocele: An Unusual Association with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. World J Surg Surgical Res. 2019; 2: 1085.