Child Kidney Dis.  2015 Apr;19(1):14-22. 10.3339/chikd.2015.19.1.14.

Nuclear Medicine in Pediatric Urology

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  • 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea. jsjnm07@cha.ac.kr

Abstract

Renal scintigraphic methods, which are physiologic and minimally invasive, have played important role in the management of various renal diseases in children, providing sensitive tool for early detection of disease even before structural changes become prominent and giving valuable functional and anatomical information to aid medical decision makings in the treatment and follow-up of patients. This review article focuses on the concept and advantages of renal scintigraphy in pediatric patients with various urologic diseases.

Keyword

Renal scintigraphy; Pediatric nuclear medicine; Radioinuclide renography; Renal cortical scintigraphy; Diuretic renography

MeSH Terms

Child
Early Diagnosis
Humans
Nuclear Medicine*
Radionuclide Imaging
Urologic Diseases
Urology*
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