AN INTERESTING CASE OF FAILED RENAL-TRANSPLANT COMPLICATED BY A LYMPHOCELE INFECTED WITH PASTEURELLA-MULTOCIDA AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Lymphoceles are a well-known complication of renal transplant surgery and can be asymptomatic or present with a variety of symptoms and comp lications. We describe a patient who presented with a Pasteurella mult ocida infection of a lymphocele which occurred 3 weeks after a course of penicillin for a cat bite and 10 months after a renal transplant ne phrectomy, We also will review the incidence, predisposing factors, or igin, symptomatology, diagnosis, complications, and treatments of post -renal transplant lymphoceles.