Evaluation of renal transplants with ultrasound.
Ultrasound scanning is useful in evaluating renal transplants: it is atraumatic, independent of renal function, and well suited for analyzing such common complications as lymphocele, abscess, hydronephrosis, and hematoma. When there is uncertainty as to the nature of a paranephric mass, ultrasonically guided percutaneous aspiration is definitive. Ultrasound can also detect the acute increase in renal volume associated with rejection and may prove to be a valuable adjunct in the early diagnosis of this problem.
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008196:Lymph; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology