title: [Phantom kidney at angionephroscintigraphy].
abstract: Based on the analysis of the data available in the literature and own clinical observations, the authors consider the diagnostic value of the little known scintigraphic phantom kidney phenomenon, a vascular pool that is detected at the angiographic stage of 99mTc-DTPA dynamic renal scintigraphy and that mimics a removed or absent kidney. The paper describes two cases of the phantom kidney. In one case, the phantom kidney detected on the side of nephrectomy manifested a kidney cancer recurrence in the bed of the removed organ; in the other, the kidney-like vascular pool in the patient with left-sided pelvic dystopic kidney was due to the recording of the intestinal vasculature at the site of the expected kidney location. Adherence to a number of methodical conditions for conducting a study, as well as combined single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography examination will be able to avoid interpretation errors and to ensure an adequate further diagnostic algorithm.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Mironov
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Sergienko
authors.forename: O Yu
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Narusov
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Shul'gin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography / Q000379:methods