Open AccessIndirect evidence of intravesical ureterocele on 99m Tc-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid scan
Author(s) -
Devender Kumar,
R. S. Sethi,
Ritu Misra,
MdIzhar Ali
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.178328
Subject(s) - ureterocele , medicine , renal function , urology , percutaneous nephrolithotomy , radiological weapon , scintigraphy , abdomen , radiology , ureter , percutaneous
Ureterocele is a common ureteric anomaly detected in pediatric population. Ureterocele diagnosis and evaluation need a variety of radiological methods. We report a case of 5-year-old female child sent for (99m)Tc-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid scan for evaluation of glomerular filtration rate and excretory function of kidneys in view of right-sided hydroureteronephrosis and pyonephrosis with percutaneous tube in situ. Incidental photopenia was noted in the urinary bladder. On ultrasonography of abdomen cause of this photopenia was found to be an intravesical ureterocele.