title: Graft Kidney Torsion After Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplant: Report of 2 Cases and Literature Review.
abstract: Torsion of an allograft kidney is an extremely rare and potentially reversible complication. Imaging diagnosis plays a crucial role because of the absence of specific clinical features. We report 2 cases in which kidney torsion after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant was diagnosed by ferumoxytol-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging/angiography and present a review of the relevant literature. Radiologists and clinicians should be aware of this entity because graft salvage depends on rapid diagnosis and surgical detorsion.
authors: From the *Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; †Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan; and ‡Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors: Keitaro
authors: K
authors: Sofue
authors: Deepak S
authors: DS
authors: Vikraman
authors: Tracy A
authors: TA
authors: Jaffe
authors: Gaurav N
authors: GN
authors: Chaubal
authors: Mustafa R
authors: MR
authors: Bashir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery