To review and discuss clinical cases regarding different types of complications.

To illustrate the radiological features of these different complications, using ultrasound (US), Doppler, computer tomography (CT), and angiography images.

The kidney is the first and is the most frequently transplanted organ.

Renal transplant complications can be categorized, depending on the time frame in which they occur, as early, intermediate, and late.

Ultrasound  (US) with Doppler is frequently the first imaging method for transplantation evaluation in the early postoperative period because it helps to detect parenchymal abnormalities, excretory obstruction, vascular problems, perirenal collections, and guide therapeutic interventions, such as biopsy, fluid aspiration, or drainage.

Computer tomography (CT) allows the diagnosis of parenchymal, periureteral, vascular, and perirenal complications. CT scan a is the better tool to define fluid collections and their anatomic relationship to adjacent structures. CT can also accurately detect leaks from the urinary system.

Angiography has been...

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The kidney is the most frequently transplanted organ. Complications can occur and can be of several types.

Diagnosis is based mainly on a combination of clinical and radiological features.

The Doppler ultrasound is the first imaging method for transplantation evaluation.

For the radiologist, the knowledge of the radiological aspect of these complications is of crucial importance. Proper and timely diagnosis of these can improve the accuracy and allow better management of the disease.