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Renal scintigraphy in diagnosis and management of nephroptosis
Santhi Bhushan Murari1, Tejonath Gadepalli, Vvs Prabhakar Rao
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
Abstract:
Clinical manifestations of Nephroptosis are ubiquitous. Diagnosis is achieved after ruling out all other causes of abdominal pain by investigations. However, Nuclear Scan with Tc-99m GHA, MAG 3 and DTPA renal agents with dedicated imaging in supine and erect postures confirms the diagnosis5. Not only as a diagnostic aid, it also helps in decision making for surgical correction by depicting the changes in drainage and GFR in different postures. We describe a case of Nephroptosis where DTPA Renal Scintigraphy addressed the diagnostic and therapeutic issues in the case.
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