Transplant Glomerulopathy: Clinico-Pathologic Features

Transplant glomerulopathy is a sign of chronic kidney allograft damage. It has a distinct morphology and is associated with poor allograft survival. We aimed to assess the prevalence and clinic-pathologic features of transplant glomerulopathy, as well as determine the functional and histological implications of its severity. We performed a single-centre retrospective observational study during an eight-year period. Kidney allograft biopsies were diagnosed and scored according to the Banff classification, coupled with immunofluorescence studies. The epidemiology, clinical presentation, outcomes (patient and graft survival) and anti-HLA alloantibodies were evaluated. Transplant glomerulopathy was diagnosed in 60 kidney transplant biopsies performed for clinical reasons in 49 patients with ABO compatible renal transplant and a negative T-cell complement dependent cytotoxicity crossmatch at transplantation. The estimated prevalence of transplant glomerulopathy was 7.4% and its cumulative prevalence increased over time. C4d staining in peritubular capillaries (27.6%) was lower than the frequency of anti-HLA antibodies (72.5%), the majority against both classes I and II. Transplant glomerulopathy was associated with both acute (mainly glomerulitis and peritubular capillaritis) and chronic histologic abnormalities. At diagnosis, 30% had mild, 23.3% moderate and 46.7% severe transplant glomerulopathy. The severity of transplant glomerulopathy was associated with the severity of interstitial fibrosis. Other histological features, as well as clinical manifestations and graft survival, were unrelated to transplant glomerulopathy severity.

Migração de Banda Gástrica - Casuística da Unidade de Tratamento da Obesidade e Doenças Metabólicas do Hospital de São José, Lisboa

A banda gástrica é um método eficaz na obtenção da perda de peso, mas tem uma taxa de complicações a longo prazo que pode ser considerada elevada. Entre elas, a migração intragástrica é rara (0.6-10%) consiste na erosão da banda através da parede gástrica até ao lúmen por um processo de destruição e auto-regeneração com processo infeccioso mínimo. Neste trabalho analisamos os aspetos clínicos, analíticos e terapêuticos presentes em 24 doentes operados na nossa unidade para remoção de bandas migradas. Conclui-se que esta complicação exige com frequência uma terapêutica cirúrgica que é segura devendo favorecer-se a mudança de conceito e evolução de uma cirurgia restritiva (banda) parar cirurgia de absorção limitada ou técnica mista.