Abstract
Fatal colonic complications in five patients after cadaveric renal transplantation were all due to ischaemia of the bowel wall, which in two cases had led to multiple perforation. In two the lesions involved the whole colon and in three they were segmental.
Full text
PDF
Images in this article
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Garb A. E., Soule E. H., Bartholomew L. G., Cain J. C. Steroid-induced gastric ulcer. A clinicopathologic study. Arch Intern Med. 1965 Dec;116(6):899–906. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- HABIF D. V., HARE C. C., GLASER G. H. Perforated duodenal ulcer associated with pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) therapy. J Am Med Assoc. 1950 Nov 18;144(12):996–996. doi: 10.1001/jama.1950.62920120002007a. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Hadjiyannakis E. J., Smellie W. A., Evans D. B., Calne R. Y. Gastrointestinal complications after renal transplantation. Lancet. 1971 Oct 9;2(7728):781–785. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(71)92739-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- KAMMERER W. H., FREIBERGER R. H., RIVELIS A. L. Peptic ulcer in rheumatoid patients on corticosteroid therapy; a clinical, experimental and radiologic study. Arthritis Rheum. 1958 Apr;1(2):122–141. doi: 10.1002/art.1780010205. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- SAUTTER R. D., ZIFFREN S. E. Adrenocortical steroid therapy resulting in unusual gastrointestinal complications. AMA Arch Surg. 1959 Aug;79(2):346–356. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320080182021. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- SLOAN S., BRIGGS J. D., HALSTED J. A. ACTH therapy for ulcerative colitis complicated by perforation of coexisting peptic ulcer. Gastroenterology. 1951 Jul;18(3):438–442. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- SMYTH G. A. Activation of peptic ulcer during pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone therapy; report of three cases. J Am Med Assoc. 1951 Feb 17;145(7):474–477. doi: 10.1001/jama.1951.02920250026006. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Starzl T. E., Halgrimson C. G., Penn I., Martineau G., Schroter G., Amemiya H., Putnam C. W., Groth C. G. Cyclophosphamide and human organ transplantation. Lancet. 1971 Jul 10;2(7715):70–74. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(71)92046-0. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]