The Value of Renal Scintigraphy in the Conservative Management of a Patient With Tuberous Sclerosis

The Value of Renal Scintigraphy in the Conservative Management of a Patient With Tuberous Sclerosis

The diagnostic dilemma to differentiate angiomyolipomas from renal cell carcinoma has been resolved by computerized tomography and sonography. However, these imaging modalities are incapable of estimating the functional contribution of individual kidneys. Renal scintigraphy can be used for a quantit...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 176 - 178
Main Authors: BONGERS, VIVIAN, DE KLERK, JOHN M.H, LOCI, M. TYCHO W. T, BEEK, ERIC J. A, VAN RIJK, PETER P
Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA Lippincott-Raven Publishers 01-03-1997
Hagerstown, MD Lippincott
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
Embolization, Therapeutic
Hemangioma - complications
Hemangioma - diagnostic imaging
Hemangioma - therapy
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Kidney Neoplasms - complications
Kidney Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Neoplasms - therapy
Male
Medical sciences
Radioisotope Renography
Radionuclide investigations
Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide
Tuberous Sclerosis - complications
Urinary system
Radionuclide study
Kidney disease
Nervous system diseases
Urinary system disease
Renal function
Technetium
Scintigraphy
Kidney
Genetic disease
Case study
Medical imagery
Tumor
Diagnosis
Bourneville syndrome
Quantitative analysis
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Summary:The diagnostic dilemma to differentiate angiomyolipomas from renal cell carcinoma has been resolved by computerized tomography and sonography. However, these imaging modalities are incapable of estimating the functional contribution of individual kidneys. Renal scintigraphy can be used for a quantitative impression of renal function and is, therefore, of additional value in monitoring conservatively treated tuberous sclerosis patients as shown by the case report.
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ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-199703000-00008