Uterine technetium-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine and diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid uptake in the scintigraphic evaluation of transplanted kidneys.
An anuric 35-year-old woman with a renal transplant underwent serial renal scintigraphy studies to screen the kidney function. A hypervascular pelvic mass in the region of the bladder was identified during technetium-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) and also during 99mTc diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid (DT-PA) scintigraphy. She was in the secretory phase of the uterine cycle during the study and had no gynaecological problem to explain the radioactivity accumulation. The accumulation of 99mTc-MAG3 mimicking the bladder was considered as uterine activity. To our knowledge, this is the first case of uterine visualization with 99mTc-MAG3.
Erbas
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B
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
Arinsoy
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T
Ugur
O
O
Varoglu
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E
Arik
N
N
Bekdik
C F
CF
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D017263:Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D014599:Uterus / Q000378:metabolism*
D009842:Oligopeptides; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D017263:Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate