Renal transplantation in Reye's syndrome: fate of the recipient--a case report.

A case is reported of a successful transplant of kidneys from a 15-month-old girl who died of complications of Reye's syndrome. The patient is well 28 months after the transplant and, despite treatment for 2 rejection episodes, there had been no increase in viral serologic titers nor evidence of the clinical viral syndrome. The literature on renal transplantation in Reye's syndrome as well as Reye's syndrome itself is reviewed. The world literature on this subject is sparse and this case is presented to give support and justification for the use of Reye's syndrome cadaver donors.