Reflux in native kidneys mimicking urine leak postrenal transplant

Clin Nucl Med. 2005 May;30(5):344-6. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000159684.38607.e3.

Abstract

A 19-year man underwent live related renal transplantation for end-stage renal disease. He was referred for a baseline renal scan on day 4. The urine output was satisfactory and the serum creatinine showed a decreasing trend. Renal dynamic scintigraphy with technetium-99m ethylenedicysteine demonstrated radiotracer activity above the transplant kidney, suspected to be a urine leak. Postvoiding posterior, delayed images confirmed that the radiotracer activity in the anterior postvoiding images was the result of vesicoureteral reflux from the patient's native kidneys.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging*
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Kidney Transplantation / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Urination Disorders / diagnostic imaging*
  • Urination Disorders / etiology
  • Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / diagnostic imaging*