Vicarious liver visualization in solitary functioning kidney with technetium-99m ethylenedicysteine renal scintigraphy

Tarun Kumar Jain; Rohit Kumar Phulsunga; Nitin Gupta; Ashwani Sood; Anish Bhattacharya; Bhagwant Rai Mittal

doi:10.4103/0972-3919.158545

Vicarious liver visualization in solitary functioning kidney with technetium-99m ethylenedicysteine renal scintigraphy

Tarun Kumar Jain, Rohit Kumar Phulsunga, Nitin Gupta, Ashwani Sood, Anish Bhattacharya, Bhagwant Rai Mittal

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We present a case of 3-year-old boy who was incidentally diagnosed to have single left kidney on ultrasonography. Dynamic technetium-99m ethylenedicysteine renal scintigraphy was acquired for assessing the existing kidney function showed the tracer localization in bilateral renal fossae during the entire study. The single-photon emission computerized tomography/computerized tomography study revealed activity in the right renal fossa to be in the enlarged right lobe of the liver, which was mimicking as impaired functioning right kidney in planar images. The hybrid imaging helped in accurate delineation of tracer uptake by confirming it to be the false appearance of the right kidney in planar imaging. This case report also highlights the possible mechanism of renal tracer uptake in the liver parenchyma.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	272-274
Number of pages	3
Journal	Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Volume	30
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.158545
State	Published - 1 Jul 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Liver
renal scintigraphy
single-photon emission computerized tomography/computerised tomography
technetium-99m ethylenedicysteine

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Vicarious liver visualization in solitary functioning kidney with technetium-99m ethylenedicysteine renal scintigraphy

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