Study of DMSA (99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid) scan disorders in children 1-12 years with first acute pyelonephritis and its association with vesicoureteral reflux

Prediction of Kidney Damage in Ultrasound Compared with Dimercaptosuccinic Acid in Children with Pyelonephritis and Vesicoureteral Reflux

Background and purpose: Ultrasound is easily available, cheap, non-invasive and radiation-free that could be considered as an alternative to Dimercaptosuccinic Acid (DMSA) in evaluation of kidney damage. The aim of this study was to determine the prediction of kidney damage in ultrasound compared with DMSA (standard method) in children with pyelonephritis and vesicoureteral reflux. Materials a...

99mTC dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan in urinary tract infection.

Prediction of Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children with First Urinary Tract Infection by Dimercaptosuccinic Acid and Ultrasonography

OBJECTIVE Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common causes of febrile pediatric diseases. Also, vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a significant risk factor for UTI. Voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) is the method of choice for evaluation of VUR. This study was done to predict VUR by DMSA scan (technetium 99 m-labeled dimercaptosuccinic acid) and ultrasonography (US). METHODS In a p...

Incidence and Relationship of Vesicoureteral Reflux and Acute Pyelonephritis in Children with First Urinary Tract Infection

Received 11/26/2008; revised 12/10/2008; accepted 12/16/2008. For correspondence and reprints contact: Yee-Hsuan Chiou, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital. 386 Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan, ROC. Tel: (886)7-3428203, Fax: (886)7-3468207, E-mail: [email protected] Background: Direct radionuclide cystography (DRC) has the advantage of high sensitivit...

99mTc dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan in patients with established radiological renal scarring.

The findings on 99mTc dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scans were examined in 54 patients aged 3 to 33 years in whom renal scarring had been diagnosed radiologically in childhood after urinary tract infection. There was no recent history of infection. Vesicoureteric reflux had been present in 48 patients and had stopped in 23 at the time of the DMSA scan. In six of the 72 radiologically scarred k...