title: Intraperitoneal leakage of technetium-99m-DTPA following renal transplantation: a sign of chylous ascites.
abstract: A 7-yr-old girl developed persistent ascites following renal transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Renal scintigraphy periodically performed to monitor renal function of the transplanted kidney showed increased 99mTc-DTPA in the abdominal cavity on delayed imaging.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Paracentesis demonstrated a cloudy yellow, odorless fluid which was identified as chylous ascites, an extremely rare complication of abdominal vascular surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Technetium-99m-DTPA in the peritoneal cavity following renal transplantation should be recognized as a sign suggestive of chylous ascites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanda
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002915:Chylous Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
chemical_list: D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate