Is Duplex-Ultrasound a useful tool in defining rejection episodes in composite tissue allograft transplants?

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 e...

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Published inMedical ultrasonography Vol. 17; no. 4; p. 550
Main Authors Loizides, Alexander, Kronberger, Irmgard-Elisabeth, Plaikner, Michaela, Gruber, Hannes
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Romania Romanian Society of Ultrasonography in Medicine and Biology 01.12.2015
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Graft Rejection - diagnostic imaging
Graft Rejection - etiology
Hand - diagnostic imaging
Hand Transplantation - adverse effects
Humans
Image Enhancement - methods
Male
Middle Aged
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex - methods
Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation - adverse effects
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ISSN1844-4172
2066-8643
DOI10.11152/mu.2013.2066.174.dxu

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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1844-4172
2066-8643
DOI:10.11152/mu.2013.2066.174.dxu