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In children with urinary tract infection reduced kidney length and vesicoureteric reflux predict abnormal DMSA scan.

Stefano GuarinoDaniela CapalboNunzia MartinGiuseppina CampanaPier Francesco RambaldiEmanuele Miraglia Del GiudiceAngela La MannaPierluigi Marzuillo
Published in: Pediatric research (2019)
The Tc-99m DMSA scan remains the gold standard to detect renal parenchymal anomalies. A different length between the kidneys >1.11 SDS and dilated VUR are predictors of abnormal Tc-99m DMSA renal scan.
Keyphrases
  • urinary tract infection
  • computed tomography
  • young adults
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • dual energy
  • magnetic resonance
  • contrast enhanced