The renal transplant score: A different way of evaluating renal transplant pathology

The renal transplant score: A different way of evaluating renal transplant pathology

The renal transplant is a notoriously difficult organ to assess for pathology. Radionuclide imaging can help, but, although sensitive, the evaluation is not very specific. For this reason, a different approach was used to examine renal images and results were correlated with histology. The transplan...

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Main Authors: R. P. Clauss, A. Kobryn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 1997-06-01
Series:South African Journal of Radiology
Online Access:https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1582
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spelling doaj-94678c0298044bf4aa89ece45b807f0c2020-11-25T00:37:04ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Radiology1027-202X2078-67781997-06-0122161810.4102/sajr.v2i2.1582949The renal transplant score: A different way of evaluating renal transplant pathologyR. P. Clauss0A. Kobryn1Nuclear Medicine Department, Medical University of South AfricaSurgery Department, Medical University of South AfricaThe renal transplant is a notoriously difficult organ to assess for pathology. Radionuclide imaging can help, but, although sensitive, the evaluation is not very specific. For this reason, a different approach was used to examine renal images and results were correlated with histology. The transplant score is determined from images of perfusion and function on certain criteria such as time of appearance of the kidney after tracer injection, intensity of background, size and homogeneity of tracer uptake by the kidney. Although small, the pilot study could distinguish between hyperacute rejection, acute rejection, chronic rejection and cyclosporin toxicity.https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1582
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title The renal transplant score: A different way of evaluating renal transplant pathology
title_short The renal transplant score: A different way of evaluating renal transplant pathology
title_full The renal transplant score: A different way of evaluating renal transplant pathology
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publishDate 1997-06-01
description The renal transplant is a notoriously difficult organ to assess for pathology. Radionuclide imaging can help, but, although sensitive, the evaluation is not very specific. For this reason, a different approach was used to examine renal images and results were correlated with histology. The transplant score is determined from images of perfusion and function on certain criteria such as time of appearance of the kidney after tracer injection, intensity of background, size and homogeneity of tracer uptake by the kidney. Although small, the pilot study could distinguish between hyperacute rejection, acute rejection, chronic rejection and cyclosporin toxicity.
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