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Acute pancreatitis with CMV papillitis and cholangiopathy in a renal transplant recipient

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Acute pancreatitis with cholangiopathy is an uncommon complication in renal transplant patients. Further, a combination of pancreatitis and cholangiopathy due to CMV disease in renal allograft recipient is further uncommon. We report a renal transplant recipient who developed acute pancreatitis and cholangiopathy with CMV papillitis of the Ampulla of Vater.

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  1. Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, 110029, India

    Bagchi Soumita Kamalkumar, Sanjay Kumar Agarwal & Suresh Chand Tiwari

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Pramod Garg

  3. Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Amit Dinda

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Kamalkumar, B.S., Agarwal, S.K., Garg, P. et al. Acute pancreatitis with CMV papillitis and cholangiopathy in a renal transplant recipient. Clin Exp Nephrol 13, 389–391 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10157-008-0123-9

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