American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages A33-A35 , May 2010

Quiz Page May 2010: Debilitating Pain of the Hands and Feet Following Kidney Transplant

  • Nidyanandh Vadivel, MB, MRCP(UK)

      Affiliations

    • Transplantation Research Center and Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Nidyanandh Vadivel, MB, MRCP(UK), Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, MRB4, 45 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115
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  • Sikander P. Surana, MD

      Affiliations

    • Transplantation Research Center and Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Raul Galvez-Trevino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Anil K. Chandraker, MB, FRCP(UK)

      Affiliations

    • Transplantation Research Center and Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

References 

  1. Grotz WH, Breitenfeldt MK, Braune SW, et al. Calcineurin-inhibitor induced pain syndrome (CIPS): a severe disabling complication after organ transplantation. Transpl Int. 2001;14(1):16–23
  2. Villaverde V, Cantalejo M, Balsa A, Mola EM. Leg bone pain syndrome in a kidney transplant patient treated with tacrolimus (FK506). Ann Rheum Dis. 1999;58(10):653–654
  3. Rike AH, Alloway RR, Flaspohler L, et al. Single-center retrospective review of sirolimus-induced bone pain in renal transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2006;6(8 Suppl):161

 N.V. and S.P.S. contributed equally to this article.

 Support: None.

 Financial Disclosure: The authors declare that they have no relevant financial interests.

PII: S0272-6386(10)00121-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.11.027

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages A33-A35 , May 2010

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