Functional imaging for determination of nephroblastoma: an obligatory diagnostic program.
In Europe, 1.7 % of children with predicted nephroblastoma undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy without being correctly diagnosed. It is necessary to reduce the number of misdiagnoses. In a girl who was referred to our institute with the diagnosis of nephroblastoma of the right kidney, DMSA scan revealed a hypertrophic compensation of the contralateral nephropathy in the lower part. Functional imaging studies of the kidney should be performed in patients in whom the type of pathology of a suspect mass in the kidney region is unclear, including a careful scrutiny of the MRI scan.
Lehner
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Department of Paediatric Surgery, Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, University of München (LMU), Lindwurmstrasse 4, 80337 Munich, Germany. Markus.Lehner@med.uni-muenchen.de
Stehr
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Till
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Schuster
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Dietz
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D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000175:diagnosis; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid