The Value of Obtaining Renal Images Following Brain Scintigraphy with Technetium-99m Glucoheptonate

The value of adding an extra view of the kidneys immediately following brain imaging with Tc-99m glucoheptonate was investigated in a two-year retrospective study at our institution. Between October 1982 and October 1984, 561 individuals underwent Tc-99m glucoheptonate brain imaging with the added r...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1986-08, Vol.11 (8), p.560-563
Main Authors: MORENO, ALBERT J, RODRIGUEZ, ANA A, SPICER, MELVIN J, JACKSON, ROBERT E, BYRD, BILL F, TURNBULL, GOTTLIEB L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - diagnostic imaging
Child
Female
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nervous system
Organotechnetium Compounds
Radionuclide Imaging
Radionuclide investigations
Sugar Acids
Technetium
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Summary:The value of adding an extra view of the kidneys immediately following brain imaging with Tc-99m glucoheptonate was investigated in a two-year retrospective study at our institution. Between October 1982 and October 1984, 561 individuals underwent Tc-99m glucoheptonate brain imaging with the added renal view. Twentynine of these individuals (5.2%) demonstrated renal abnormalities. The abnormal renal findings were clinically correlated in 24 of these persons. Sixteen (67%) of these 24 individuals were unaware of any renal abnormality. Useful information can be obtained from renal images incidental to brain imaging at no added expense or radiation exposure to the patient, and at a minimal cost in time to the imaging clinic.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-198608000-00008