RENAL SCINTISCANS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF RENAL VASCULAR DISEASE
Renal scintiscans using Hg/sup 203/-labeled Neohydrin and photoscanning were demonstrated to show segmental infarction in the dog kidney in vivo. Renoscans performed with Hg/sup 203/-Neohydrin correctly predicted the operative findings in a high percentage (80%) of 14 surgically documented cases of renal vascular disease in hypertensive patients. The ranking of renal scintiscans with other procedures in order of decreasing accuracy in detecting renal vascular disease was aortograms, Hg/sup 203/-Neohydrin renoscans, renograms, pyelograms, Howard test, and I/sup 131/Hippuran renoscans. Renoscans proved particularly useful in evaluating the functional state of renal tissue distal to arterial lesions, detecting small areas of viable tissue, and in revealing space-occupying lesions. I/sup 131/-Hippuran renal scintiscans were disappointing. The addition of anatomic information to the radioisotope procedure in the evaluation of renal vascular disease patients proved fruitful in a small series of cases and deserves further application. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-002881
- OSTI ID:
- 4833003
- Journal Information:
- J. Nuclear Med., Journal Name: J. Nuclear Med. Vol. Vol: 2
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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