Gluceptate Renal Imaging: Experience in a Pediatric Population

Gluceptate renal imaging was performed to evaluate renal function and morphology in 50 pediatric patients (27 males, 23 females). Retrospective categorization revealed that 49% (27) of the studies were for functional evalua tion, 27% (15) were for anatomic considerations and 23% (13) were of a misce...

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Published in:Clinical pediatrics 1980-09, Vol.19 (9), p.615-619
Main Authors: Leonard, Joe C., Wenzl, James E., Allen, E. William, Vanhoutte, Jean J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Kidney - abnormalities
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Male
Organotechnetium Compounds
Radionuclide Imaging
Sugar Acids
Technetium
Urography - methods
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Summary:Gluceptate renal imaging was performed to evaluate renal function and morphology in 50 pediatric patients (27 males, 23 females). Retrospective categorization revealed that 49% (27) of the studies were for functional evalua tion, 27% (15) were for anatomic considerations and 23% (13) were of a miscel laneous nature. Thirty-one patients also underwent intravenous pyelograms (IVP) and in seven discordant cases gluceptate imaging provided correct information in five, compared with only one correct IVP. While both the IVP and gluceptate imaging provide clinical information concerning renal function and morphology, the ability to obtain blood flow data and to quantitate differ ential renal functional mass allows gluceptate imaging to define renal function more specifically than the IVP making it a more meaningful diagnostic procedure for the evaluation of patients with known or suspected renal abnormalities.
ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/000992288001900909