Nephroptosis: the Tc-99m glucoheptonate scan as a diagnostic method

Clin Nucl Med. 2000 Jun;25(6):473. doi: 10.1097/00003072-200006000-00018.

Abstract

A 40-year-old man was examined because he was a potential "healthy" renal donor. However, the routine work-up before surgery revealed hypertension, although there was no family history of this condition. The patient was examined to exclude secondary causes of hypertension. Tc-99m glucoheptonate renal imaging showed nephroptosis of the right kidney when the patient was standing, and this may have been the cause of the hypertension.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / etiology
  • Kidney Diseases / complications
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Organotechnetium Compounds*
  • Posture
  • Prolapse
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Sugar Acids*
  • Supine Position

Substances

  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Sugar Acids
  • technetium Tc 99m gluceptate