Renal allograft rejection. Unusual scintigraphic findings.
During sequential renal imagining for evaluation of clinically suspected rejection, focal areas of functioning renal tissue were seen in two cases of renal transplant in the midst of severe and irreversible renal allograft rejection. A probable explanation for this histopathologically confirmed and previously unreported finding is discussed.
D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D007465:Iodohippuric Acid; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
D007465:Iodohippuric Acid; D013667:Technetium; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate