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Articles tagged "Biopsy"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Systematic Pathological Component Scores for Skin-Containing Vascularized Composite Allografts.

    I. Rosales,1 M. DeFazio,2 R. Foreman,1 D. Sachs,2 C. Cetrulo,2 D. Leonard,2,3 R. Colvin.1

    1Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; 2Transplantation Biology Research Center, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; 3Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester, United Kingdom.

    Successful application of skin-containing vascularized composite allografts (VCA) depends on accurate assessment of the graft status typically based on skin biopsies. A working classification (Banff…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Reversibility of Acute Kidney Rejection According to the Banff 2013 Classification: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

    A. Poulin,1 M. Dorais,2 L. Sénécal,3 S. Colette,3 H. Cardinal.1

    1CRCHUM, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2Statsciences, Montreal, QC, Canada; 3HMR, Montreal, QC, Canada.

    Background: Vascular involvement of the allograft has classically been regarded as a poor prognostic factor in acute kidney graft rejection. Cell-mediated endarteritis often coexists with…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Arteriolar Hyalinosis on Renal Transplant Protocol Biopsies Is Not Associated with Tacrolimus Exposure.

    S. Yilmaz,1 D. Shaffer,2 Y. Qazi,3 F. Shihab,4 K. McCague,5 D. Patel,5 F. Vincenti.6

    1University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; 2Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; 3University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 4University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 5Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ; 6University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

    Previous studies have implicated the development of arteriolar hyalinosis (AH) following kidney transplantation to chronic calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity. Here, we examined the association between tacrolimus…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Treatment of Borderline Lesion in Protocol Biopsies Did Not Improve the Outcome in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    A. Flores-Mendoza, L. Marino-Vazquez, A. Guichard-Romero, N. Uribe-Uribe, R. Rivera-Marfil, A. Nuñez-Abreu, J. Alberu, L. Morales-Buenrostro.

    Nephrology, Transplantation and Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition SZ, Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

    Introduction. Up to 30% of patients with protocol biopsies and stable renal function have borderline lesions. His relationship with acute rejection remains uncertain, as does…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Implications of Subclinical Borderline Acute Cellular Rejection Detected in Protocol Biopsies on Graft Outcomes.

    Z. Zaky,1 C. Yu,1 N. Elfadawy,2 A. Chiesa-Vottero,1 L. Herlitz,1 S. Flechner,1 E. Poggio.1

    1Glickman Urological and Kidney institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Internal Medicine, Univ. Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.

    Background: The effects of subclinical borderline acute cellular rejection (BACR-defined as I1T1 per Banff criteria) detected in protocol biopsies (Bx) on subsequent graft function and…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Graft Survival According to Banff 2013 Diagnostic Categories in Indication Biopsies.

    D. Redondo-Pachón,1 C. Arias-Cabrales,1 M. Pérez-Sáez,1 J. Gimeno,2 I. Sánchez-Güerri,2 S. Bermejo,1 A. Sierra,1 C. Burballa,1 M. Mir,1 M. Crespo,1 J. Pascual.1

    1Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; 2Pathology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.

    The impact of acute rejection in kidney graft survival is well known, but the prognosis of other diagnosis is uncertain. We evaluated the frequency and…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Is Pretransplant Determination of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tumor Grade Using Needle Biopsy Reliable for Transplant Candidate Selection? Analysis of 217 Liver Transplant Recipients.

    C. Court, M. Harlander-Locke, D. Markovic, F. Kaldas, A. Zarrinpar, D. Farmer, S. Sho, J. Tomlinson, J. Hiatt, R. Busuttil, V. Agopian, D. Lu, S. Raman.

    Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

    Objective: Despite the prognostic significance of tumor grade and vascular invasion for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), preoperative needle biopsy (PNB) is not routinely utilized…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Elevated Intragraft Expression of Innate Immunity and Cell Death-Related Markers Characterizes Deceased Donor Conditions and Is a Risk Factor for Adverse Graft Outcome.

    M. Eikmans,1 J. Yang,1 G. Haasnoot,1 C. van Kooten,2 M. Mallat,2 H. de Fijter,2 I. Bajema,3 F. Claas.1

    1Immunohematology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; 2Nephrology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; 3Pathology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands.

    Background: The innate immune response is increasingly being recognized in allograft injury after kidney transplantation. We aimed to establish the relationship of innate immune gene…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Effect of Everolimus and Tacrolimus Exposure Levels on Renal Histology Parameters 6 Months Post-Transplantation.

    S. Yilmaz,1 D. Shaffer,2 Y. Qazi,3 K. McCague,4 D. Patel,4 V. Peddi,5 F. Vincenti.6

    1University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada; 2Vanderbilt University, Nashville; 3University of Southern California, Los Angeles; 4Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover; 5California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco; 6University of California San Francisco, San Francisco.

    We examined renal histology scores in patients with different exposure levels of everolimus (EVR) and tacrolimus (TAC) over 6 months.Renal transplant patients (N=613) were randomized…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Quilty Effect in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients.

    A. Joong,1 M. Richmond,1 K. Stack,2 R. Rodriguez,1 J. McAllister,2 W. Zuckerman,1 T. Lee,1 S. Law,1 L. Addonizio.1

    1Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University, New York, NY; 2Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY.

    Purpose: The Quilty effect is defined as the presence of a nodular endocardial infiltrate of lymphocytes in an endomyocardial biopsy (EMB), and has been described…
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