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Recurrent Sterile Pleuropericarditis After Withdrawal of Renal Transplant Immunosuppression in Anuric ESRD: A Case of Suspected IL-1-Mediated Autoinflammation.

Key takeaways

This case report describes a rare immune reaction after stopping kidney transplant drugs — but it involves only one person, so no conclusions can be drawn about how common or treatable this is.

Who did this work

van Gelderen E (Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, jhu.edu.) · Wagner P (Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, jhu.edu.) · Gilbert R (Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, jhu.edu.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-08-20
https://doi.org/10.1155/crrh/2469859