Urachal bladder in kidney transplanted patient with Prune Belly syndrome and patent urachus.

نویسندگان

  • M Sánchez Aguilar
  • F J García Gómez
  • J I Cuenca Cuenca
  • J L Tirado Hospital
  • F de la Cerda Ojeda
  • A Sánchez Moreno
چکیده

We report a 16-year-old-male patient with Prune-Bellysyndrome (PBS) and patent urachus, bilateral renal dysplasia and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The first kidney transplantation was performed at the age of 3 years, leaving an urachal catheter. Transplant failure underwent in a new cadaveric transplant at the present. Post-kidney transplant renogram was performed to evaluate the renal function after the administration of 150 MBq of 99mTcmercapto-acetyl-triglycine and revealed adequate perfusion with a homogeneous radiotracer uptake in the renal transplant (Fig. 1A). Elimination phase (Fig. 1B) showed a progressively increasing

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular

دوره 34 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015