Abstract
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type II (MPGN II), also known as a dense deposit disease, is a chronic progressive kidney disease that often progresses to end-stage renal disease within 10 years. Most patients also have multiple subretinal white spots or drusen-like deposits that are histopathologically identical to the glomerular basement membrane deposits. The purpose is to determine ocular findings in a patient with MPGN II before and after renal transplantation and to correlate them with clinical characteristics related to transplantation and review of literature. We present a case of a 45-year-old female with MPGN II who developed bilateral serous retinal detachment and retinal hemorrhages in the left eye, which appeared 6 months after a renal transplant. Ocular complications in our case, with the exception on the retina, were present at the cornea and iris. Changes to the eyes were independent of the renal disease, because there was no recurrence of MPGN II on the renal graft.
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The authors thank Aleksandra Radosavljevic, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, for providing technical assistance and valuable comments.
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Abazi, Z., Magarasevic, L., Sukalo, S. et al. Ocular complications after kidney transplantation: a case report and review of literature. Int Urol Nephrol 46, 665–668 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-013-0627-4
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