Dystopic dysplastic kidney with ectopic ureter: improved localization by fusion of MR urography and (99m)Tc-DMSA SPECT datasets.
We report a 12-year-old girl with a long history of constant urinary dribbling and apparently only a left kidney. Using a multimodality approach involving the fusion of MR urography and (99m)Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) SPECT datasets, it was finally possible to exactly localize the very small dystopic, dysplastic right kidney and its ectopic ureter draining into the vagina.
Kreissl
Michael C
MC
Clinic and Polyclinic of Nuclear Medicine, University Clinic Würzburg, Josef-Scheider Strasse 2, Bau D5, 97080, Würzburg, Germany. Kreissl_m@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de
Lorenz
Reinhard
R
Ohnheiser
Gerd
G
Darge
Kassa
K
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D004113:Succimer; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014567:Urography / Q000379:methods*
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D004113:Succimer