Clinical significance of /sup 99m/technetium sulfur colloid accumulation in renal transplant patients
The accumulation of /sup 99m/technetium sulfur colloid (/sup 99m/TcSC) was evaluated in 47 studies performed on 19 renal transplant patients by comparing its transplant activity to its bone marrow accumulation. There was a diagnosis of rejection in 21 of 22 studies (96.5 percent) in which marked transplant accumulation was noted. In 11 studies of patients with a clinical diagnosis of post-transplant acute tubular necrosis (ATN), the transplant activity varied from none to moderate. Rejection developed in 5 of 6 studies with minimal to moderate accumulation. Normally functioning renal transplant patients, or those with ATN and no superimposed rejection, do not show evidence of /sup 99m/TcSC accumulation.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- OSTI ID:
- 7316504
- Journal Information:
- Radiology; (United States), Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Vol. 124:3; ISSN RADLA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BODY
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
KIDNEYS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATIENTS
RADIOCOLLOIDS
RADIOISOTOPES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
TRANSPLANTS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES