title: Vesicoureteral reflux in a nonfunctioning kidney detected by 99mTc-DTPA study.
abstract: Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a well-recognized condition in the pediatric population, but is less well described in the adult population, and its prevalence decreases with increasing age. We describe the case of a 53-year-old male with nonfunctional kidney in which accumulation of radioactivity was observed in the ureter and renal pelvis owing to VUR, which was detected by technetium-99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid dynamic renal scintigraphy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey, ebruorsal@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Orsal
authors.forename: Bedri
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seven
authors.forename: Irmak Durur
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Subasi
authors.forename: Arif Kursad
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ayan
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Akkan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D014513:Ureter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate