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A comparative study of evaluating renal scars by99mTc-DMSA planar and SPECT renal scans, intravenous urography, and ultrasonography

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The purpose of this prospective study is to compare 3 types of99mTc-DMS A renal scan [(a) planar, (b) x-ray type film static SPECT presentation (SPECT-1) and (c) dynamic three-view display of SPECT slices (SPECT-2)], intravenous urography, and ultrasonography in the diagnosis of renal scars. All these studies were performed in 130 pediatric patients, with urinary tract infection (42 patients), vesicoureteral reflux (37), and unilateral or bilateral small kidney(s) (51). The number of renal scars detected was highest with the99mTc-DMS A renal SPECT-1 scan and next came the99mTc-DMSA renal SPECT-2 studies. There is a significant difference (p < 0.05) between the ability of planar and SPECT-1 to recognize renal defects. However, SPECT-2 may provide the best stereotactic localization and image quality of all the methods.

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    Tzu -Chen Yen, Shu -Lian Chang, Yan -Cherng Huang & Shih -Hwa Yeh

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei and National Yang-Ming Medical College, China

    Ching -Yuang Lin

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Municipal Women’s and Children’s Hospital, China

    Wei -Perng Chen & Chung -Pin Hsieh

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Yen, T.C., Chen, W.P., Chang, S.L. et al. A comparative study of evaluating renal scars by99mTc-DMSA planar and SPECT renal scans, intravenous urography, and ultrasonography. Ann Nucl Med 8, 147–152 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03165020

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