Indirect evidence of intravesical ureterocele on (99m)Tc-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid scan.
Ureterocele is a common ureteric anomaly detected in pediatric population. Ureterocele diagnosis and evaluation need a variety of radiological methods. We report a case of 5-year-old female child sent for (99m)Tc-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid scan for evaluation of glomerular filtration rate and excretory function of kidneys in view of right-sided hydroureteronephrosis and pyonephrosis with percutaneous tube in situ. Incidental photopenia was noted in the urinary bladder. On ultrasonography of abdomen cause of this photopenia was found to be an intravesical ureterocele.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Deepa
D
Kumar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Ravinder Singh
RS
Sethi
Department of Radiodiagnosis, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Ritu
R
Misra
Department of Nuclear Medicine, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Md Izhar
MI
Ali
99mTc-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid scan; intravesical ureterocele; photopenia