01173nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001100065653001100076653002700087653001200114653001500126100001500141700001300156700001100169700001500180700002100195700001400216700001400230245009100244300001000335490000700345520052900352022001400881       1985                            d  c1985 Sep10aAdult10aFemale10aHumans10aKidney Transplantation10aleprosy10aRecurrence1 aTeruel J L1 aLiaño F1 aHoyo M1 aRocamora A1 aGómez Mampaso E1 aQuereda C1 aOrtuño J00aSuccessful kidney transplantation in leprosy and transitory recurrence of the disease.  a410-10 v533 a<p>A 40-year-old woman on chronic hemodialysis had been diagnosed as having lepromatous leprosy at the age of 17 and treated for 15 years with sulfones. She remained clinically free of leprosy during 19 months of hemodialysis and then underwent successful renal transplantation. Fourteen months after surgery, recurrence of leprosy was observed. In spite of immunosuppression, the skin lesions healed with sulfone treatment. Renal transplantation is a useful treatment in patients with leprosy and chronic renal failure.</p>  a0148-916X