title: Functional imaging for determination of nephroblastoma: an obligatory diagnostic program.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, University of München (LMU), Lindwurmstrasse 4, 80337 Munich, Germany. Markus.Lehner@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lehner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stehr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Till
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: H-G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Dietz
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid