Scintigraphy and Doppler ultrasonography for the evaluation of obstructive urinary calculi
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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34(6): 745-51, Jun. 2001. tab
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em Inglês
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RESUMO
Forty-seven patients with unilateral obstructive calculi (12 males and 35 females) were submitted to 99mTc-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) or 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scans for assessment of renal function. The scans revealed unilateral functional deficit in 68 and 66 per cent of the patients, respectively. A calculus size of 1.1 to 2.0 cm was significantly associated with deficit detected by DTPA, but duration of obstruction and calculus localization were not. After relief of the obstruction, the mean percent renal function of the affected kidney was found to be significantly increased from 25 + or - 12 per cent to 29 + or - 12 per cent in DTPA and from 21 + or - 15 per cent to 24 + or - 12 per cent in DMSA. Initial Doppler ultrasonography performed in 35 patients detected an increased resistive index in 10 (29 per cent). In the remaining patients with a normal resistive index, ureteral urinary jet was observed, indicating partial obstruction. The high frequency of renal function impairment detected by DTPA and of tubulointerstitial damage detected by DMSA as well as the slight amelioration of unilateral renal function after relief of obstruction suggest that scintigraphy assessment may help evaluate the unilateral percentage of renal function and monitor renal function recovery when it occurs. The presence of a urinary jet detected by Doppler ultrasonography further indicates the severity of obstruction and the recovery prognosis.
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LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Obstrução Ureteral
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Cálculos Urinários
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Assunto da revista:
Biologia
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Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade Federal de Säo Paulo/BR
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