A further diagnostic test in neonatal/infant solid renal mass: two cases of mesoblastic nephroma showing uptake of Tc99mDMSA.
During the first 6 months of life, mesoblastic nephroma is the most common cause for a solid renal tumour. We describe two cases showing uptake of Tc99mDMSA by mesoblastic nephroma. Tc99mDMSA scanning may suggest the correct diagnosis and so allow nephrectomy without biopsy, rendering the latter unnecessary in mesoblastic nephroma.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, St George's Hospital, Tooting, London.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D004113:Succimer; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D014463:Ultrasonography; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D004113:Succimer