An Unusual Combination of Findings in Renal Transplantation

An Unusual Combination of Findings in Renal Transplantation

Three cases involving renal scans that showed both severe photopenia and also increase in uptake in a rim surrounding the renal graft are presented. As previously mentioned in the literature, the bad prognostic import of photopenia is confirmed. The increased rim of activity has been rarely mentione...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1985-08, Vol.10 (8), p.575-578
Hauptverfasser: ROTHFELD, BENJAMIN, SPEES, EVERETT K, GOLDMAN, STANFORD M
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Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Medical sciences
Pentetic Acid
Prognosis
Radionuclide Imaging
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the urinary system
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Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
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Zusammenfassung:Three cases involving renal scans that showed both severe photopenia and also increase in uptake in a rim surrounding the renal graft are presented. As previously mentioned in the literature, the bad prognostic import of photopenia is confirmed. The increased rim of activity has been rarely mentioned in the literature in the past and its possible causes are discussed.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-198508000-00012