DMSA scan

DMSA scan

A DMSA scan is a radionucleotide scan that uses dimercaptosuccinic acid in assessing the renal function, it is now the most reliable test for the diagnosis of Acute pyelonephritis.[1] The major clinical indications for this investigation are the detection and/or evaluation of a renal scar, the small or absent kidney, an occult duplex system, certain renal masses, systemic hypertension or suspected vasculitis.[2]

References

  1. ^ Goldraich NP, Goldraich IH (April 1995). "Update on dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scanning in children with urinary tract infection". Pediatric Nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 9 (2): 221–6; discussion 227. PMID 7794724. 
  2. ^ Gordon I (March 1987). "Indications for 99mtechnetium dimercapto-succinic acid scan in children". The Journal of Urology 137 (3): 464–7. PMID 3029435. 

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