Wb. Eubank et al., Venous thrombosis and occlusion after pancreas transplantation: Evaluationwith breath-hold gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional MR imaging, AM J ROENTG, 175(2), 2000, pp. 381-385
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Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
OBJECTIVE, We describe the imaging findings of venous thrombosis and occlus
ion after pancreatic transplantation in five patients who underwent multiph
asic breath-hold gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional MR imaging,
CONCLUSION. Venous thrombus appeared as serpetine voids within the graft pa
renchyma or at the Venous anastomosis during the venous phase of MR imaging
. Nonenhancement or heterogeneous enhancement of graft parenchyma correspon
ded to glandular necrosis at pancreatectomy in two patients. Initial sonogr
aphic evaluation was nondiagnostic of venous thrombosis in two of five pati
ents. Multiphasic breath-hold gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional MR imag
ing of pancreatic transplants can provide information to make the specific
diagnosis of venous thrombosis or occlusion.