Congenital Megacalyces Studies With Different Imaging Modalities

Congenital megacalyces is an entity in which more than 12 calyces (polycalyces) are present in a kidney. The authors present a case of congenital megacalyces that has a typical 'Bunch of Grapes' appearance on radionuclide renal imaging. In addition, the patient had an ipsilateral congenita...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1997-09, Vol.22 (9), p.653-655
Main Authors: SETHI, RAJESH, MITTAL, PARDEEP, FRIEDMAN, STEVEN, CONTRACTOR, DANIEL, GIOVANNIELLO, JOSEPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnostic Imaging
Dilatation, Pathologic - congenital
Dilatation, Pathologic - diagnostic imaging
Diuretics - therapeutic use
Furosemide - therapeutic use
Humans
Kidney - abnormalities
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Calices - abnormalities
Kidney Calices - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Pelvis - abnormalities
Kidney Pelvis - diagnostic imaging
Kidneys
Male
Malformations of the urinary system
Medical sciences
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Radionuclide Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ureteral Obstruction - congenital
Ureteral Obstruction - diagnostic imaging
Urography
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Summary:Congenital megacalyces is an entity in which more than 12 calyces (polycalyces) are present in a kidney. The authors present a case of congenital megacalyces that has a typical 'Bunch of Grapes' appearance on radionuclide renal imaging. In addition, the patient had an ipsilateral congenital partial uretero-pelvic junction obstruction and congenital absence of the opposite kidney.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-199709000-00024