Renal artery stenosis in en-bloc pediatric renal transplant: demonstration by captopril-enhanced renal scintigraphy.
A double-pediatric kidney transplant recipient, who developed hypertension, was found to have unilateral renal artery stenosis. The stenosis was successfully assessed by single-dose 99mTc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid renal scintigraphy, confirmed by renal arteriography, and treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. This case illustrates the usefulness of Captopril-enhanced renography in screening en-bloc transplant patients suspected for renal vascular hypertension.
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.
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D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002216:Captopril; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
D002216:Captopril; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate