More Studies are Needed Evaluating the Diagnostic Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Elastography for Allograft Renal Transplant Rejection

摘要

We read with interest the recently published genitourinary review by Yu et al. (1) entitled “Multiparametric Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Evaluating Renal Allograft Injury.” The authors conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the literature on functional magnetic resonance imaging of renal allografts. As the authors note, while rare, complications such as hemorrhage, graft loss, and bowelperforation related peritonitis can occur with invasive transplant biopsies (2, 3). We agree that non-invasive imaging using functional magnetic resonance imaging is a promising alternative.