Imaging indications and findings in evaluation of lung transplant graft dysfunction and rejection.
Insights Imaging
; 11(1): 2, 2020 Jan 03.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31900671
ABSTRACT
Lung transplantation is a treatment option in end-stage lung disease. Complications can develop along a continuum in the immediate or longer post-transplant period, including surgical and technical complications, primary graft dysfunction, rejection, infections, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder, and recurrence of the primary disease. These complications have overlapping clinical and imaging features and often co-exist. Time of onset after transplant is helpful in narrowing the differential diagnosis. In the early post transplantation period, imaging findings are non-specific and need to be interpreted in the context of the clinical picture and other investigations. In contrast, imaging plays a key role in diagnosing and monitoring patients with chronic lung allograft dysfunction. The goal of this article is to review primary graft dysfunction, acute rejection, and chronic rejection with emphasis on the role of imaging, pathology findings, and differential diagnosis.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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Diagnostic_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Insights Imaging
Year:
2020
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Article