OBJECTIVE To evaluate the accuracy of an acute (99m)Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan in predicting dilating vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) among young children with a febrile urinary tract infection (UTI). METHODS The medical records of children (≤ 2 years of age), presenting with febrile UTI between January 2000 and December 2011, were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS A total of 523 ch...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the management and long term renal function with DMSA scintigraphy in pediatric severe traumatic kidney injury (STKI) grade IV (STKI IV) and V (STKI V) at the trauma center of Grenoble Teaching Hospital. METHODS This is a single-center observational retrospective study between 2004 and 2014. All children under the age of 15 managed at the Grenoble teaching Hospital for ...

Technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan was performed on a 32-year-old woman with 
 abdominal pain. A normal functioning slightly ptotic right kidney seen planar images. There no activity in the left renal region and small fusiform pelvic area. Pelvic computed tomography (CT) axial images revealed pre-vesical abscess pushing bladder posteriorly to side. On obtained after percuta...

BACKGROUND There is an ongoing debate over the radiological investigations of children with urinary tract infections (UTIs) with some authorities suggesting that ultrasound scan (USS) alone is an accurate tool to diagnose renal parenchymal scarring post-pyelonephritis. All studies on this subject have been performed at paediatric teaching centres whereas most children with UTIs are managed by G...

BACKGROUND The G1 stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined in the 2012 KDIGO Guideline as kidney damage characterized by structural or functional kidney abnormalities without deterioration of glomerular filtration rate. Albuminuria and electrolyte abnormalities due to tubular disorders are considered functional markers of kidney damage. Changes in renal water handling are not explicitly...

INTRODUCTION Diagnosis of renal cortical lesions by radioisotopes in nuclear medicine is one of the most common techniques and procedures can be performed by different radiotracer. However, all these materials are accurate in determining kidney function, but there are differences between them in the field. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of EC scans compared with DMS...

BACKGROUND Acute pyelonephritis in children can leave a kidney scar that eventually can lead to hypertension or renal failure. 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scintigraphy (RC DMSA) is a widely accepted technique to assess children with acute pyelonephritis. AIM To evaluate the presence of residual kidney scars detected through RC DMSA, in children with a first episode of acute pyelonephr...

The proper algorithm for the radiographic evaluation of children with febrile urinary tract infection (FUTI) is hotly debated. Three studies are commonly administered: renal-bladder ultrasound (RUS), voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG), and dimercapto-succinic acid (DMSA) scan. However, the order in which these tests are obtained depends on the methodology followed: bottom-up or top-down. Each stra...

the correlation of vesicoureteral reflux (vur), urinary tract infection (uti) and renal scarring is well known. several risk factors for renal parenchymal lesions have been reported previously. we determine the incidence of renal parenchymal damage and outcome in the siblings of children with primary vur. a total of 96 siblings of patients with vur, were evaluated with direct voiding cystograph...