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The value of99mTc-DTPA renal scintigraphy in the evaluation of post-traumatic abdominal fluid collection
- Source :
- Annals of Nuclear Medicine. 6:199-202
- Publication Year :
- 1992
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1992.
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Abstract
- A patient with a post-traumatic retroperitoneal urinoma is presented. On admission, there was a clinical suspicion of retroperitoneal hematoma and ultrasonography (US) was performed which showed a hypoechoic fluid collection suggesting retroperitoneal hematoma. In order to determine the nature of the fluid, radionuclide angiography and renal scan were performed successively with 99mTc-DTPA. Demonstration of urinary leakage into the mass in the delayed renal scintigraphic images suggested a urinoma. At laparotomy, total transection of the left ureter in the uretero-pelvic region was found and the diagnosis of urinoma was confirmed.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Urine
Kidney
Renal scintigraphy
Radionuclide angiography
Urinary Leakage
Laparotomy
Humans
Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Retroperitoneal Space
Radionuclide Imaging
Abdominal Fluid
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Accidents, Traffic
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Urinoma
Left ureter
Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
Female
Radiology
Ultrasonography
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18646433 and 09147187
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Nuclear Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0f237e5cd2e6b6e53453ad311145fc65