Neurological complications of organ transplantation

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Neurological complications of organ transplantation. Neurological complications develop in about a third of transplant recipients.

Demographic features

  • Neurological complications develop in about a third of transplant recipients
  • These are most frequent following liver transplantation

Causes and risk factors

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Vascular complications

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Neoplastic complications

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Post-transplant autoimmune encephalitis

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Other neurological complications

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): features

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References

  1. Zivković S. Neuroimaging and neurologic complications after organ transplantation. J Neuroimaging 2007; 17:110-123.
  2. Pruitt AA, Graus F, Rosenfeld MR. Neurological complications of solid organ transplantation. Neurohospitalist 2013; 3:152-166. 
  3. Senzolo M, Ferronato C, Burra P. Neurologic complications after solid organ transplantation. Transpl Int 2009; 22:269-278.
  4. Pless M, Zivkovic SA. Neurologic complications of transplantation. Neurologist 2002; 8:107-120.
  5. Cohen DA, Lopez-Chiriboga AS, Pittock SJ, et al. Posttransplant autoimmune encephalitis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2018; 5:e497.

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