Ureteral visualization in a technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid scan.
- Author:
de Leoz-Panigbatan Amy M.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH: Human; Male; Child; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux; Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; Ureter; diagnosis
- From: The Philippine Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2015;10(2):49-52
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (99mTc-DMSA) scan is performed when there is a need to visualize the renal cortex and not the ureters or the bladder as the latter two are not effectively imaged. Less than twenty cases of tracer accumulation in a dilated ureter during a 99mTc-DMSA scan have been reported worldwide. There is no published case of ureter visualization in a 99mTc-DMSA scan done in the Philippines. In the case at hand, visualization of the ureters prompted further investigation. The present study pointed to a consideration of obstructive hydroureter, which was eventually supported by VCUG findings. Ureteral visualization in a 99mTc-DMSA scan should therefore prompt the inclusion of megaureter in the differential diagnosis.