Renal oncocytoma is an apparently benign neoplasm that is being reported with increasing
frequency. It is important to differentiate it from renal-cell carcinoma prior to surgery …

This book covers most aspects of imaging studies in patients with renal failure. The initial
chapter provides basic information on contrast agents, intravenous urography, and imaging …

A radionuclide approach to screening renal disease in general and renovascular
hypertension in particular is detailed. It consists of either (1) a Hg chlormerodrin scan …

Renal imaging is a useful procedure for the evaluation of suspected space-occupying
lesions provided it is done as part of a logical approach to the problem. Its major …

Abstract 67 Ga scanning was performed in 26 patients with hypernephroma (17 with only a
primary lesion of hypernephroma, 4 with both primary and metastatic lesions, 2 with …

Tc-99m DTPA scintigraphy of most renal tumors characteristically discloses a vascular mass,
without retention of activity on serial images. Two cases, encountered during hypertensive …

Nine examples, in seven patients, from a large cadaver renal allograft program, illustrate the
value of radio-hippuran photoscans in differentiating causes of post-implant oliguria …

Scintillation camera techniques with multiple radioisotopic compounds have greatly
increased diagnostic accuracy in the dynamic evaluation of renal disorders. 99mTc …

Angioscintiphotography with 99m Tc has been performed in 310 cases of spaceoccupying
kidney lesions with the purpose of establishing the diagnostic value of the kidney perfusion …

Kidney scanning is a simple and safe way of estimating relative functioning renal mass and
assessing areas of regional dysfunction. It is usefully combined with measurements of the …