The absent kidney in 99Tcm-MAG3 renogram: A dramatic reversible consequence of contrast nephrotoxicity superimposed on renal obstruction

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 928, 2005, Pages 349-352

  Kayani, I ^a   Groves, A M ^a   Syed, R ^a   Nagabushan, N ^a   Pakzad, F ^a   Prvulovich, E M ^a   Bomanji, J B ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; PERGOLIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; NEPHROSTOMY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STENT; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 17144411515     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/30076658     Document Type: Article

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