The scintigraphic imaging modality of choice in the evaluation of renal infections is renal cortical scintigraphy utilizing [(99m)Tc]dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA). This technique is able to demonstrate upper tract involvement with infection and to assess for the presence of renal cortical scarring following a urinary tract infection (UTI). There are recent publications advocating its use to de...

Abstract The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), founded in 1954, is an international scientific professional organization with a purpose to promote the science, technology, practical application nuclear medicine. European Association (EANM), 1985, nonprofit medical association facilitate communication among individuals medicine pursuing clinical academic excellence. Memb...

BACKGROUND The clinical significance of MTT and PTT, determined by deconvolution of renographic curves, is arguable. Their usefulness in diagnosis of obstructive uro- and nephropathy, renovascular hypertension and monitoring of transplanted kidneys is pointed out, but susceptibility of deconvolution methods to errors resulting from "statistical noise" is also stressed. So far there are no repor...

OBJECTIVE To assess the results of an upper pole nephrectomy technique on 5 children. MATERIALS AND METHODS Upper pole nephrectomy was performed on 5 children, including 4 females and 1 male. Age ranged from 3 to 6 years old. The technique was performed without initial dissection of the renal pedicle. The upper pole is incised and removed. Upon its complete dissection, the segment that drains...

INTRODUCTION Super-selective clamping of tumor-specific segmental arteries was developed to eliminate ischemia of the remnant kidney while limiting hemorrhage during partial nephrectomy. The objective is to evaluate the benefice of super-selective clamping on renal functional outcome, compared to early-unclamping of the renal artery. MATERIALS AND METHODS From March 2015 to July 2016, data fr...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of long bone metastases in renal cancer patients and to evaluate their utility as predictors of survival in this group. MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective study included 20 patients with metastatic renal cancer and bone metastases. The patients were referred for regular bone scintigraphy in order to assess disease spread in th...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the diagnostic accuracy of 99mTc-3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid (99mTc-DPD) scintigraphy for differentiation of monoclonal immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) and transthyretin (TTR)-related cardiac amyloidosis. BACKGROUND Differential diagnosis between TTR-related and AL amyloidosis is often complex and time-consuming. METHODS Patients under routine obs...

BACKGROUND The detection of occult bone metastases is a key factor in determining the management of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), especially when curative surgery is considered. This prospective study assessed the sensitivity of (18)F-labelled sodium fluoride in conjunction with positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F-NaF PET/CT) for detecting RCC bone metastases, co...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Accurate staging of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is very important. We tried to identify difference in GFR evaluation between CKD-EPI and Gates method with renal scintigraphy and which variables are associated with these differences. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 341 patients who underwent dynamic renal scintigraphy in the last 5 years. Patients were categ...