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Infected wound in a lower extremity hematoma in a patient with thrombocytopenia after renal transplantation.

Key takeaways

A kidney transplant patient developed an infected pool of blood in the leg. The anti-rejection drugs had dropped their platelet count, the blood cells that stop bleeding, so doctors could not cut away the dead tissue the usual way. This is one patient's case. It shows one way to handle a rare problem, not proof that the approach works for others.

Who did this work

Wang H · Chen L · Gao Q · Shi G · Jiang L

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD progression and prevention · 2026 Aug
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42641018/