Ectopic thoracic kidney: evaluation using 99mTc dimercaptosuccinic acid SPECT-CT.
Ectopic thoracic kidney is a very rare congenital defect and is usually diagnosed incidentally. 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid SPECT-CT images of a 7-year-old boy with left ectopic thoracic kidney are presented here.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Harmandeep
H
Singh
Punit
P
Sharma
Aftab Hasan
AH
Nazar
Kalpajyoti
K
Das
Niraj
N
Naswa
Suhas
S
Singla
Rakesh
R
Kumar
D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography
D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid