Scintiphotography in diagnosis of urinary fistula after renal transplantation.
Scintiphotographic studies in six patients with ureteral fistula following renal transplantation are presented. Images were obtained using 99m-Tc-Sn-DTPA or 131-I-orthoiodohippurate. Urinary leakage was accurately detected in each case but the pattern of extravasation is highly variable. When carefully performed, radionuclide scintiphotography is a safe and effective method for detecting urinary leakage after renal transplantation.
D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007465:Iodohippuric Acid; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D014001:Tin; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007465:Iodohippuric Acid; D013667:Technetium; D014001:Tin; D004369:Pentetic Acid