Pathological hip fracture due to amyloidosis occurring after successful renal transplantation. A case report.

A fifty-six year old man who had been on haemodialysis for a total of seventeen years sustained a pathological fracture of the femoral neck six months after successful renal transplantation. Multiple cystic lesions were present in both hips and a bone specimen from the fracture site confirmed amyloid deposition on immunohistochemical staining. Renal transplantation may prevent further deposition of amyloid but the long-term complications of dialysis-related amyloidosis may still occur.