title: Is Duplex-Ultrasound a useful tool in defining rejection episodes in composite tissue allograft transplants?
abstract: Immunologic reactions in transplanted organs are in more or less all allograft patients detectable: clear parameters exist as e.g. in renal transplants where the clearance power reduces by rejection. On the contrary, in composite tissue allografts clear and objective indicators stating a rejection episode lack. We present the case of a hand-transplanted subject with signs of acute transplant rejection diagnosed by means of Duplex Ultrasound and confirmed by biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. alexander.loizides@i-med.ac.at.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loizides
authors.affiliation: Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Irmgard-Elisabeth
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Kronberger
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plaikner
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gruber
mesh_terms: D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D063987:Hand Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex / Q000379:methods*; D063986:Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*