title: Uterine technetium-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine and diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid uptake in the scintigraphic evaluation of transplanted kidneys.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Erbas
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arinsoy
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ugur
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Varoglu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arik
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Bekdik
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D017263:Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate