Fig. 2

Clinical course of the patient. The first and second kidney biopsies revealed antibody-mediated rejection. The patient was treated with seven sessions of double-filtration plasmapheresis and anti-thymocyte globulin. The patient experienced sudden abdominal pain together with a drop in blood pressure on day 37 post-transplantation. An emergency exploratory laparotomy showed a laceration on the transplanted kidney. After surgical repair, an infected hematoma was suspected and allograft nephrectomy was performed. ATG, anti-thymocyte globulin; DFPP, double-filtration plasmapheresis; MFI, mean fluorescence intensity