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@entity1 @entity2803 @entity11581 @entity5 @entity1066 @entity344 @entity9314 @entity356 @entity1534 @entity1292 @entity378 @entity7014 @entity454
BACKGROUND: Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for @entity1 with @entity454 . The renal transplant recipients are susceptible to a variety of @entity344 such as infections, @entity1066 , and @entity5 . OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine the frequency of pathological lesions in GI endoscopic biopsies in recipients of live related renal transplantation in our setting. METHODS: This retrospective survey was carried out at Histopathology Department of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, from December 2010 to January 2011. All consecutive renal transplant @entity1 of all ages and both genders on regular follow up, presenting with @entity344 and in whom GI endoscopic biopsies were performed, were included. The demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were retrieved from case files and the pathological diagnoses from the original biopsy reports. RESULTS: A total of 200 consecutive renal transplant @entity1 were enrolled. The biopsies comprised of 19 (9.5  %) esophageal biopsies, 119 (59.5  %) gastric biopsies, 148 (74  %) duodenal biopsies, and 66 (33  %) colorectal biopsies. The main pathological lesions included @entity2803 in 22 (11  %) of all @entity1 , @entity1534 in 11 (9.2  %) of gastric biopsies, cryptosporidium in 4 (1.6  %), @entity7014 in 30 (15  %), @entity9314 in 5 (3.4  %), @entity11581 in 33 (15  %), @entity378 in 3 (2  %) of the small intestinal biopsies, and @entity356 in 1 (1.7  %) gastric biopsy. CONCLUSION: A wide spectrum of pathological lesions including @entity1292 was seen in GI endoscopic biopsies in renal transplant @entity1 . Endoscopic biopsies play an important role in the diagnosis and management of @entity344 in renal transplant @entity1 .
