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'Bench' MRI before transplant on harvested kidneys: a possible tool for diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: We present the first case in which magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been utilized to rule out lesions compatible with acute pyelonephritis in kidneys from a cadaveric organ donor before transplanting them. A 40-year-old female underwent diagnosis of brain death following a septic shock. The ecotomography of the kidneys showed areas compatible with micro-abscesses raising the hypothesis of acute pyelonephritis. Our radiologist proposed to perform a bench-MRI (maintaining kidneys within the sterile preservation bags constantly on ice); this did not show lesions except little cysts not relevant by the clinical point of view. We transplanted kidneys without infective complications and results were very good.

Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn618

Authors: E. Mezza, L. Biancone, F. Tattoli, M. Messina, L. Rizzo, E. Tola, G. P. Segoloni

Institutions: University of Turin, Ospedale San Luigi Gonzaga

Language: English

Topic: Organ Donation and Transplantation

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2146922734

FWCI: 0.333

Cites: 11

Cited by: 1

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