comparative assessment of renal tc-99m dmsa scan and renal sonography findings in complication of urinary tract infections [persian]

urinary tract infection (uti) is a common disease in childhood specially in female. in this study 50 patients with stablished diagnosis of uti were evaluated by both renal scan with tc-99m dmsa and renal sonography. the study revealed that most urinary tract infections are in children, female sex between 5-9 years of age. therefore the most important complications (renal scarring) are also common in this age-sex distribution. occurance of renal scars increase with increasing the number of recurrent infections. vesicoureteral reflux is one of the most improtant, common risk factors for renal scarring. renal tc-99m dmsa scan is more sensitive than renal sonography in detecting the renal scars.