The scintigraphic pattern of acute renal vein thrombosis

The radiographic pattern of acute renal vein thrombosis is well known; however, the scintigraphic appearance has not been described. A scintigraphic pattern of delayed blood flow to a relatively large kidney and delayed blood flow to a relatively large kidney and delayed accumulation of l-131-Hippuran should be considered suggestive of acute renal vein thrombosis in the appropriate clinical setting.