Large renal arteriovenous malformation: scintigraphic evaluation and therapeutic embolization.
The authors describe a patient with a rare type of renal arteriovenous malformation, which was successfully treated by therapeutic coil embolization. Embolization did not destroy healthy renal tissue, as was shown by the Cerino technique, which measures the glomerular filtration rate of each kidney by image processing for standard renograms obtained after administration of diethylene-triaminepenta-acetic acid labelled with technetium 99m.
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Que.
Tardif
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Beaudry
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Lassonde
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D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*