Infarction of Renal Transplant with Extrarenal Excretion of Tc-99m MAG3 Demonstrated by Renal Scintigraphy.
- Author:
Seok Tae LIM
1
;
Min Woo KIM
;
Myung Hee SOHN
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Chonju, Korea. mhsohn@moak.chonbuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Kidney transplant;
Infarction;
Extrarenal excretion;
Tc-99m MAG3;
Renal scintigraphy
- MeSH:
Adult;
Allografts;
Anuria;
Female;
Gallbladder;
Humans;
Infarction*;
Kidney Failure, Chronic;
Perfusion;
Radionuclide Imaging*;
Renal Artery;
Thrombosis
- From:Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
2003;37(3):199-201
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 38-year-old woman with end stage renal disease received a living related donor-renal transplant to the right iliac fossa. She developed anuria a week later. Tc-99m MAG3 renal scintigraphy demonstrated no perfusion, uptake, or excretion of the radioactive tracer from the renal transplant. The expected area of the renal allograft appeared as a photopenic area with increased rim activity. The gallbladder and bowel activities were observed on delayed images at 24 hours. There was no blood flow within the renal artery on renal doppler examination. This case shows total absence of perfusion and function in the infarcted renal transplant with extrarenal excretion of Tc-99m MAG3 caused by acute renal artery thrombosis.
