DYSPHAGIA, CAVITATING INFILTRATIONS OF TH E LUNG, AND SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE AFTER RENAL-TRANSPLANT

A 54-year-old patient with polycystic kidney disease developed relapsi ng urinary-tract infections after renal transplantation. In the post-t ransplantation period he underwent two rejection episodes. The general condition worsened without obvious reason. Six months after transplan tation the patient was hospitalized due to gram-negative sepsis. Despi te adequate antimicrobial treatment he continued to lose weight and co mplaiend of dysphagia. Chest Xray and computer tomogram of the thorax showed multiple cavitating infiltrations of the lung. A few days later the patient died from an extended subarachnoidal hemorrhage.