3616: Complication of renal transplantation: Ultrasonographic evaluation

Abstract

Continued improvements in graft survival have led to widespread acceptance of renal transplantation as the preferred treatment for the majority of patients with end-stage renal disease. Ultrasonography is the imaging modality of choice in renal transplantation. We demonstrate the spectrum of ultrasonographic findings in complication of renal transplantation. We divide into five categories. The five categories are as follows: urologic complication (urinoma, calculi and urinary obstruction); fluid collection (hematoma, lymphocele, abscess and infection); rejection (acute rejection and tubular necrosis, chronic rejection and autonephrectomy); vascular complication (renal and iliac artery stenosis, infarction, arteriovenous fistula and pseudoaneurysm and renal vein thrombosis); neoplasm (renal cell carcinoma, lymphoma, post transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder, gangliocytoma and sarcoma).