Abstract
Renal transplant growth of a pediatric cadaveric kidney into an adult recipient has been well described in the clinical literature. Two growth patterns are recognized: obligatory growth occurs with time and is not reversible, and compensatory hypertrophic growth is reversible and is in response to a functional demand secondary to a nephron deficit. This article presents an example of a radionuclide study illustrating this phenomenon. This is a case of a 14-year-old girl who is 2 years status postcadaveric renal transplant secondary to glomerulonephritis and resultant end stage renal disease. The donor was a 2-year-old child.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 796 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Clinical nuclear medicine |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1993 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging