Detection of ureteral obstruction on radionuclide bone scans

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.141.3.567· OSTI ID:5477893

Pollen, J J; Gerber, K; Heil, B J; Talner, L B

The kidneys are nearly always visible on a routine radionuclide bone scan. To assess the reliability of the bone scan in detecting ureteral obstruction, 220 bone scans and excretory urograms were compared in 53 patients followed serially for prostatic cancer. There were 15 kidneys obstructed on excretory urograms. Only nine were diagnosed as obstructed on the bone scans. Seven of the nine cases of unilaterally obstructed kidneys were detected, whereas only two of the six kidneys in three patients with bilateral obstruction were correctly diagnosed. The results indicate that unilateral obstruction is more likely to be detected, whereas bilateral obstruction is more likely to be missed, on bone scans. Therefore, the routine radionuclide bone scan is an unreliable test for ureteral obstruction.

• Research Organization: Department of Surgery, University of California Medical Center, San Diego
• OSTI ID: 5477893
• Journal Information: AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States), Journal Name: AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States) Vol. 141:3; ISSN AAJRD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ANIMAL TISSUES
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BODY
BONE TISSUES
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
GLANDS
KIDNEYS
MALE GENITALS
MALES
MEDICINE
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ORGANS
PATIENTS
PROSTATE
RADIOLOGY
TISSUES
URETERS
URINARY TRACT