title: The relationship between renal parenchymal mass and absolute quantitation of 99Tcm-DMSA uptake. An experimental study in the growing pig.
abstract: Five Gottingen minipigs from the same litter aged 1 month entered the study and right nephrectomies were performed at staggered intervals between weeks 1 and 5. Absolute renal uptake of 99Tcm-DMSA, expressed as a percentage of the administered dose, was recorded in each animal weekly before right nephrectomy and at weekly intervals for 5 weeks post-nephrectomy. Before nephrectomy absolute renal uptake of 99Tcm-DMSA ranged between 16.8 and 21.5% (mean 18.6%) per kidney with no difference between right and left kidneys. After right nephrectomy, uptake in the left kidney approximately doubled within 1 week. No correlation was shown between renal parenchymal mass and absolute 99Tcm-DMSA uptake in paired or solitary normal kidneys undergoing growth or compensatory growth.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D004113:Succimer / Q000378:metabolism; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013552:Swine; D013667:Technetium / Q000378:metabolism; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
chemical_list: D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D013667:Technetium; D004113:Succimer