XXXX in renal transplant recipients.

@entity1 @entity63 @entity39 @entity344 @entity29 @entity1800 @entity1049
In a 16-year study, 101 @entity344 (16 fatal) developed in 580 renal transplant recipients seen in the authors' institution. Lesions were seen at all levels of the GI tract, but @entity1049 were the most common (42 @entity1 ) and were fatal in 8. @entity63 was the single most common morphologic diagnosis (14 @entity1 ). Seven of these @entity1 had an unusual syndrome that clinically, at surgery, and on gross examination resembled @entity29 . Lesions were segmental; involved bowel was thickened and erythematous with creeping peritoneal fat. Histologically, mucosa adjacent to the @entity39 showed simplification and striking epithelial atypia. Specific identifiable @entity1800 caused 28% of the GI complications in this series. This incidence is higher than that in other reported series. Most of these infections can be diagnosed from endoscopically obtained material. These findings have therapeutic implications.
