Renal transplant nuclear tomography using Tc-99m MAG3. 1996

N J Neubauer, and L J Johnson, and M J Lemmers, and B B Haas, and G L Jarboe, and J S Stevens
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA.

In this study, the authors performed SPECT imaging on 12 renal transplant patients immediately after a routine planar study demonstrated tubular stasis. The stasis allowed the authors to obtain good quality tomograms on all of them. In five patients, the findings on the planar and SPECT studies were identical. In five patients, there was decreased upper pole activity on planar images and SPECT imaging differentiated between attenuation (4 patients) and cortical thinning (1 patient). In the remaining two patients, the SPECT images showed unanticipated information. It is not yet clear if this new information is of clinical value. It was concluded that diagnostic quality nuclear tomograms in renal transplant patients with tubular stasis can be easily and consistently obtained.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015899 Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon A method of computed tomography that uses radionuclides which emit a single photon of a given energy. The camera is rotated 180 or 360 degrees around the patient to capture images at multiple positions along the arc. The computer is then used to reconstruct the transaxial, sagittal, and coronal images from the 3-dimensional distribution of radionuclides in the organ. The advantages of SPECT are that it can be used to observe biochemical and physiological processes as well as size and volume of the organ. The disadvantage is that, unlike positron-emission tomography where the positron-electron annihilation results in the emission of 2 photons at 180 degrees from each other, SPECT requires physical collimation to line up the photons, which results in the loss of many available photons and hence degrades the image. CAT Scan, Single-Photon Emission,CT Scan, Single-Photon Emission,Radionuclide Tomography, Single-Photon Emission-Computed,SPECT,Single-Photon Emission-Computed Tomography,Tomography, Single-Photon, Emission-Computed,Single-Photon Emission CT Scan,Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography,Single-Photon Emission Computerized Tomography,CAT Scan, Single Photon Emission,CT Scan, Single Photon Emission,Emission-Computed Tomography, Single-Photon,Radionuclide Tomography, Single Photon Emission Computed,Single Photon Emission CT Scan,Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography,Single Photon Emission Computer Assisted Tomography,Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography,Tomography, Single-Photon Emission-Computed
D016030 Kidney Transplantation The transference of a kidney from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Kidney,Renal Transplantation,Transplantation, Kidney,Transplantation, Renal,Kidney Grafting,Kidney Transplantations,Renal Transplantations,Transplantations, Kidney,Transplantations, Renal
D017263 Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide A technetium diagnostic aid used in renal function determination. 99mTc-MAG3,Tc 99m Mertiatide,Technetium-99m-MAG3,99mTc-Mercaptoacetyltriglycine,TechneScan MAG3,Technetium 99m Mercaptoacetylglycyl-glycyl-glycine,Technetium-99m-Mercaptoacetylglycylglycylglycine,Technetium-99m-Mercaptoacetyltriglycine,99m Mercaptoacetylglycyl-glycyl-glycine, Technetium,99m Mertiatide, Tc,99mTc MAG3,99mTc Mercaptoacetyltriglycine,MAG3, TechneScan,Mercaptoacetylglycyl-glycyl-glycine, Technetium 99m,Mertiatide, Tc 99m,Technetium 99m MAG3,Technetium 99m Mercaptoacetylglycyl glycyl glycine,Technetium 99m Mercaptoacetylglycylglycylglycine,Technetium 99m Mercaptoacetyltriglycine

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