Evaluation of Renal Transplant Patients

M. Agildere, C. Tarhan, G. Bozdagi, et. Al
 

Still needle biopsy is the definitive technique in the evaluation of renal transplant dysfunction with known potential complications. As a noninvasive technique, in this work, we compared the findings of quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) of renal transplant patients with different pathologies with biopsy results. Signal intensity curves were plotted against time for every patient from cortex and medulla of upper and lower poles

Evaluation of preliminary results showed that maximum and minimum gradients, peak intensity, peak strenght, initial and final signal values were decreased in most of the patients with acute rejection. In cyclosporine toxicity, maximum and minimum gradients were decreased. Values from cortex and medulla did not show prominent deifferences.