OBJECTIVE In the literature, there are many reports comparing relative renal function calculated with Tc 99m DTPA and Tc 99m DMSA in adults and children. However, there is no consensus about the results. As there is indeterminacy in the reliability of Tc 99m DTPA for the calculation of the relative renal functions, we retrospectively designed a study to compare the relative renal functions meas...

tc-99m-ec is a new renal radiopharmaceutical introduced as an alternative for tc-99m mag3. twenty-three normal volunteers and patients in different .stages of renal disease were evaluated with te-99m ec and tc-99m dtpa. the mean initial uptake of ec was significantly higher as compared to dtpa. there was a high correlation between rectangular and hand-drawn rols for kidney and background, 0.96 ...

Tc-99m-EC is a new renal radiopharmaceutical introduced as an alternative for Tc-99m MAG3. Twenty-three normal volunteers and patients in different .stages of renal disease were evaluated with Te-99m EC and Tc-99m DTPA. The mean initial uptake of EC was significantly higher as compared to DTPA. There was a high correlation between rectangular and hand-drawn ROls for kidney and background,...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a rare anomaly with a reported incidence of 1 in 16,000 populations. It may be associated with herniation of stomach, intestinal loops, spleen, and kidney through a chest wall defect. We report a case of a 1 year old male child who presented with recurrent fever, occasional chills and rigor of 4 months duration. Left kidney was non visualised on ultrasou...

Kidney transplants have been evaluated using a radionuclide technique to determine perfusion index (PI), mean transit time (MTT), and the parameters in renogram curve (Tmax, T1/2, and T2/3). The values for Tmax, T1/2, and T2/3 were also determined in normal volunteers. The results indicated that the Tmax value was less than 2 minutes, one week after transplantation. The other data were within n...

Albert P. Scerri MD, FRCOG Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mater Dei Hospital Abstract A 39 year old lady presented with flank pain and haematuria. Radiological investigations showed unilateral hydronephrosis and a serum creatinine of 102μmol/l. At cystoscopy, a soft tissue mass was found in the region of the left ureteric orifice and was causing obstruction of the ureter. A resection...

AIM Gate's glomerular filtration rate (gGFR) measured by (99m) Tc-DTPA renal dynamic imaging and estimated GFR (eGFR) estimated by the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation are two indexes used to evaluate renal function. However, little is known about whether gGFR can be used to accurately assess renal function in horseshoe kidney (HSK) patients with renal fusion...