Current Status of Radionuclide Renal Cortical Imaging in Pyelonephritis
Affiliations
Affiliations
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; and isarikaya99@yahoo.com.
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey.
Abstract
Pyelonephritis is an infection of the kidneys that is seen more commonly in children than the adults. 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (99mTc-DMSA) scanning is a radionuclide imaging study to detect renal scarring after acute pyelonephritis (a late 99mTc-DMSA scan) and also helps to diagnose acute pyelonephritis in febrile urinary tract infections (an acute 99mTc-DMSA scan). Planar imaging in multiple views (posterior and bilateral posterior oblique) is generally used. Pinhole imaging with a high-resolution-collimator magnification of each kidney allows detection of smaller cortical defects. SPECT is optional. SPECT/CT is not recommended in children because it has a higher radiation exposure than routine 99mTc-DMSA scans. The main limitations of 99mTc-DMSA scanning include a relatively long waiting time after radiotracer injection, a long acquisition time, and a high radiation dose, which is particularly important in repeated studies on children and with the limited spatial resolution of γ-cameras. 99mTc-glucoheptonate is an alternative radiotracer when 99mTc-DMSA is not available. Radiotracers for dynamic renal functional imaging can grossly assess the renal cortex in the first few minutes of imaging. 68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen ligand (68Ga-PSMA ligand) PET has the ability to provide images of normal renal cortex and demonstrate renal cortical defects from cysts. In this article, we assess the current status of renal cortical imaging and present 68Ga-PSMA ligand PET images. 68Ga-PSMA ligand provides excellent renal cortical images, and studies should be done to compare 68Ga-PSMA ligand PET with 99mTc-DMSA scanning in renal diseases, particularly in pyelonephritis.
Keywords: 68Ga-PSMA ligand; 99mTc-DMSA; PET; pyelonephritis; renal cortical imaging.
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