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  • Title: Polyetiology of renal allograft dysfunction. Does calculation of the resistive index still make sense?
    Author: Mallek R, Mostbeck GH, Kain R, Sunder-Plassmann G, Helbich T, Tscholakoff D.
    Journal: Acta Radiol; 1992 Sep; 33(5):434-9. PubMed ID: 1389651.
    Abstract:
    In 101 consecutive patients with renal allograft dysfunction a correlation of Duplex Doppler sonography (DDS) with histopathologic reports of simultaneously performed biopsies was made. Renal vascular impedance was estimated by calculating the resistive index (RI). A total of 290 different specific histologic diagnoses (mean 2.1 +/- 0.84 diagnoses/biopsy) was noted. With increasing time interval to transplantation, single diagnoses as cause of allograft dysfunction decreased. DDS could not reliably differentiate, exclude, or grade any of the common causes of renal allograft dysfunction like vascular and/or cellular rejection, chronic rejection, acute tubular necrosis, cyclosporin nephrotoxicity, relapse of glomerulonephritis and infection. Follow-up studies after established histologic diagnosis in 19 patients with persisting allograft dysfunction demonstrated a lack of sensitivity of DDS to significant superimposed causes of transplant malfunction. We conclude that biopsy is still necessary to direct proper therapy of renal allograft dysfunction.
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