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M Lago

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PubMed1992

Renal allograft rupture: diagnostic role of ultrasound.

To evaluate the diagnostic role of ultrasound in spontaneous renal allograft rupture we reviewed 18 cases observed in our centre in 10 years. Ultrasound studies were performed immediately before surgery in 15 cases. Renal allograft rupture occurred during the first 3 weeks after transplantation in 17 cases (94%). Clinical findings were consistent with previous reports. The diagnosis was confirmed by surgical exploration in 17 cases, and by necropsy in the remaining one. Nine patients were treated by corsetage and eight by graft nephrectomy, while one patient died before surgery. Acute rejection was present in nine cases, and severe acute tubular necrosis in five; no renal tissue was available for histological study in four patients. On ultrasound examination, perirenal haematoma was the most frequent finding, while subcapsular/intrarenal haematoma or findings suggesting rejection or urinary tract obstruction were less frequently observed. In six cases, disruption of the white linear echoes of the capsule of the graft could be seen; this finding has not been described previously. Ultrasound has a definite role in presurgical evaluation of suspected renal transplant rupture.

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PubMed1992

[Evidence of infection by HIV-2 in Madrid (1991)].

The presence of antibodies against HIV-2 was analyzed in serum samples from high-risk individuals for retrovirus infection, who were seropositives for HIV-1. Out of a total of 842 samples, 344 presented positive absorbency and 16, threshold ranges, in an enzymatic immunoassay (EIA) designed to detect simultaneously antibodies against HIV-1 and HIV-2. The Western Blot (WB) analysis confirmed the presence of antibodies against HIV-1 in 324 samples with positive or threshold EIA, while it was indetermined in 15 samples. WB was negative in 11 samples. In the 15 samples with indetermined WB and in the 16 samples with threshold EIA, the presence of antibodies against HIV-2 was investigated with an specific WB and a test designed with synthetic peptides (Pepti-lav). Three samples met the isolated seropositivity criteria for HIV-2. Those samples were from 3 african immigrants living in Madrid, which, until now, were asymptomatic, although one of them presented biological signs of immunodeficiency. None of them referred high-risk infectious practices, such a homosexuality or drug-addiction, although all of them referred heterosexual contacts in their native countries. Samples from native subjects meeting serum positivity criteria for HIV-2 were not identified.

AIDS Serodiagnosis↗