The role of ultrasound in the diagnosis of parenchymal disease in transplanted kidneys
Lovett, I.; Doust, B.; Orr, N.
Australasian Radiology 32(1): 104-106
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8461 PMID: 3044314 Document Number: 315609
The accuracy of ultrasonic diagnosis of parenchymal disease in renal transplants was determined by comparing the ultrasonic diagnosis with the clinical diagnosis in 120 studies on 50 patients. The clinical diagnosis was based on clinical, biochemical and radionuclide studies, and in some cases, biopsy. At the time of the original ultrasound report clinical information was available (biopsy reports were not). All ultrasound studies were subsequently reported in random order without any clinical information and without comparison with previous or subsequent scans. This study suggest that ultrasound with or without clinical information cannot be used as a reliable basis for the diagnosis of parenchymal disease of transplanted kidneys.