DMSA scan

A DMSA scan is a radionuclide scan that uses dimercaptosuccinic acid (as a radioactive tracer) in assessing renal morphology, structure (static scan), and function. It is sometimes used as a test for the diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis.[1] However, the sensitivity of DMSA scan for acute pyelonephritis may be as low as 46%.[2]

The major clinical indications for this investigation are the detection and/or evaluation of a renal scar, the small or absent kidney (renal agenesis), an occult duplex system, certain renal masses, systemic hypertension or suspected vasculitis.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Goldraich NP, Goldraich IH (April 1995). "Update on dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scanning in children with urinary tract infection". Pediatric Nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 9 (2): 221–6; discussion 227. doi:10.1007/bf00860755. PMID 7794724.
  2. ↑ Bailey RR, Lynn KL, Robson RA, Smith AH, Maling TMJ, Turner JG. "DMSA renal scans in adults with acute pyelonephritis". Clinical Nephrology 46 (2): 99–104. PMID 8869786.
  3. ↑ Gordon I (March 1987). "Indications for 99mtechnetium dimercapto-succinic acid scan in children". The Journal of Urology 137 (3): 464–7. PMID 3029435.
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