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MR imaging of renal transplants.

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Baumgartner, BR; Nelson, RC; Ball, TI; Wyly, JB; Bourke, E; Delaney, V; Bernardino, ME
Published in: AJR Am J Roentgenol
November 1986

Fifty-six MR studies were obtained in 32 renal transplant patients, by using T1-weighted, spin-echo, and inversion-recovery pulse sequences. The findings, particularly the loss of corticomedullary differentiation, and the extent of vascular penetration into the renal parenchyma, were compared with the clinical and histologic diagnosis of transplant rejection. Thirteen MR studies on 11 patients with clinically normal renal transplants demonstrated normal corticomedullary differentiation. Renal vessels extended into the parenchyma in all 11 patients and to the cortex in 38%. In 37 MR studies on 22 patients with a clinical or histologic diagnosis of acute and/or chronic transplant rejection, the corticomedullary differentiation was normal in 8%, faint in 24%, and absent in 68%. Renal parenchymal vessels were visualized in 32%, but extended to the level of the cortex in only 8%. In 68% of the studies with transplant rejection, no parenchymal vessels were seen. When the corticomedullary differentiation was either faint or absent, the vascular pattern was normal in 6%; in 68% of cases no parenchymal vessels could be identified. We conclude the corticomedullary differentiation and the renal vascular pattern are useful parameters in the evaluation of renal transplant rejection.

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AJR Am J Roentgenol

DOI

ISSN

0361-803X

Publication Date

November 1986

Volume

147

Issue

5

Start / End Page

949 / 953

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Graft Rejection
  • Female
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Baumgartner, B. R., Nelson, R. C., Ball, T. I., Wyly, J. B., Bourke, E., Delaney, V., & Bernardino, M. E. (1986). MR imaging of renal transplants. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 147(5), 949–953. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.147.5.949
Baumgartner, B. R., R. C. Nelson, T. I. Ball, J. B. Wyly, E. Bourke, V. Delaney, and M. E. Bernardino. “MR imaging of renal transplants.AJR Am J Roentgenol 147, no. 5 (November 1986): 949–53. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.147.5.949.
Baumgartner BR, Nelson RC, Ball TI, Wyly JB, Bourke E, Delaney V, et al. MR imaging of renal transplants. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1986 Nov;147(5):949–53.
Baumgartner, B. R., et al. “MR imaging of renal transplants.AJR Am J Roentgenol, vol. 147, no. 5, Nov. 1986, pp. 949–53. Pubmed, doi:10.2214/ajr.147.5.949.
Baumgartner BR, Nelson RC, Ball TI, Wyly JB, Bourke E, Delaney V, Bernardino ME. MR imaging of renal transplants. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1986 Nov;147(5):949–953.

Published In

AJR Am J Roentgenol

DOI

ISSN

0361-803X

Publication Date

November 1986

Volume

147

Issue

5

Start / End Page

949 / 953

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Graft Rejection
  • Female
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences