title: 99mTc-DMSA scintigraphy in acute urinary tract infection in children.
abstract: 24 children with symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI) underwent systematically ultrasound studies (US) and 99mTc-DMSA renal scans. Among the 15 patients considered as acute pyelonephritis (APN) on clinical grounds, the scan was abnormal in 12 cases, in contrast with only 1 abnormal scan in the clinical subgroup of the lower UTI. Among the 10 abnormal scans that were repeated later on, 6 did completely normalize. US showed only once a parenchymal appearance suggestive for APN. Our findings suggest that the DMSA scan has to be considered at present as the most sensitive imaging technique for the detection of APN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verboven
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ingels
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delree
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piepsz
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004113:Succimer; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D004113:Succimer