UNLABELLED High kidney radiation doses during clinical peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) with β-particle-emitting radiolabeled somatostatin analogs will lead to renal failure several months after treatment, urging the coinfusion of the cationic amino acids lysine and arginine to reduce the renal radiation dose. In rat PRRT studies, renal protection by the coadministration of lysine w...

Technetium-99m-mercaptoacetyltriglycine (99mTc-MAG3) was tested in 82 hypertensive patients submitted to renal scintigraphy 1 hr after oral premedication with 50 mg of Captopril. Baseline studies were obtained only for those patients showing abnormal findings in the provocative study. All patients underwent renal arteriography. Sensitivity and specificity for the detection of renal artery steno...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of retroperitoneal laparoscopic ureterolithotomy for the management of large proximal ureteric stones and the impact of this treatment on postoperative renal function. METHODS The data of 12 patients (7 men and 5 women; mean age, 68.5 ± 8.9 years) with large pyeloureteral junction (2 cases) and upper ureteral (10 cases) stones (25...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate renographic parameters obtained from healthy renal units (RUs) in newborns and infants with unilateral kidney condition. Thirty three children including twenty newborns, referred to Technetium-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (Tc-99m MAG3) diuretic scintigraphy due to unilateral kidney condition entered the study. Only contralateral, healthy RUs were analyz...

Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors may lead to kidney deterioration. This study aimed to evaluate the suitability of 99mTc-mercaptoacetyltriglycine (99mTc--MAG3) clearance for the early detection of PRRT-induced changes on tubular extraction (TE). TE rate (TER) was measured prior to 128 PRRT cycles (7.6±0.4 GBq 177Lu-octreotate/octreotide eac...

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in many cancers, including breast, ovarian, endometrial and non-small cell lung cancer. An EGFR-specific imaging agent could facilitate clinical evaluation of primary tumors or metastases. To achieve this goal, 4-(2-aminoethylamino)-6,7-dimethoxyquinazoline (ADMQ) was synthesized based on a 4-aminoquinazoline core and then conjugated ...

Previous studies have suggested that by slight modification of the cu"entformulosfor iodine-131 (1) orthoiodohippurate (OIH) effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) quantitation, technetium99m ('mTc) mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG~ can be substituted for 1-0IH in the quantitative renal function protocol. This study was undertaken to compare two different camera techniques that do not require blood sa...

UNLABELLED The significance of delayed tissue tracer transit (TTT) of (99m)Tc-mercaptoacetyltriglycine ((99m)Tc-MAG3) has not been systematically evaluated in hydronephrosis. We sought to demonstrate that delayed TTT accompanies both functional decline and histomorphologic restructuring. METHODS Twenty 2- to 3-mo-old piglets with surgically induced partial unilateral ureteral stenosis were ex...

UNLABELLED It has been routine at the University of Alabama Medical Center to obtain a radionuclide renal function study immediately after transplantation (usually within 3 d) that includes estimation of effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) from a single plasma sample in addition to imaging. We present here the correlation between baseline measurements and the 1-y graft survival. METHODS Two co...

UNLABELLED Delayed perfusion and enhanced hepatobiliary uptake are recognized findings on (99m)Tc-mercaptoacetyltriglycine ((99m)Tc-MAG3) scintigraphy in patients with renal insufficiency. Less well appreciated is the finding of bone marrow visualization. This study was performed to determine the frequency of this sign and to try to determine its association with laboratory parameters. METHOD...