Sharma U K, Jha V, Gupta K L, Joshi K, Sakhuja V
Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Am J Kidney Dis. 1994 Apr;23(4):597-9. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(12)80385-4.
Posttransplant diabetes mellitus is a well-recognized complication of renal transplantation. Although such patients are at risk for the development of de novo diabetic glomerulosclerosis with increasing graft survival, this has rarely been reported. We describe a patient with posttransplant diabetes mellitus who developed end-stage renal failure due to diabetic glomerulosclerosis 12 years after renal transplantation.