title: Further evaluation of 99m-Tc sulfur colloid accumulation in rejecting renal transplants in man and a canine model.
abstract: Renal transplant accumulation of 99m-Tc sulfur colloid was evaluated in 41 patients. Ninety-five examinations were performed comparing transplant with bone marrow activity and clinical or pathological diagnosis. 99m-Tc sulfur colloid accumulated in acute or chronic rejection as long as the vascular supply of the grafted kidney was not severely impaired. Accumulation was marked in chronic rejection, slight in acute rejection and absent in normally functioning transplants or in those with acute tubular necrosis. In the 10 dog models, no accumulation was seen in autografted transplants and early accumulation was demonstrated within the hyperacutely rejecting kidneys of allografted dogs.
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery; D003102:Colloids / Q000378:metabolism*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007683:Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013455:Sulfur / Q000378:metabolism*; D013667:Technetium; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium