Patient with prenatal hydronephrosis. Lasix renography.
Teaching Case Visit Teaching Case
Case presentation:
- Male.
- 3 month old.
- Second pregnancy.
- 20 w US: LK HN, pelvis 22 mm.
- After delivery: a. US performed day 7th: persistent LK HN. b. LK: Increased size.Pelvis 25 mm . Thin parenchyma.
Teaching points:
- In case of severe hydronephrosis, activity can persist in the dilated system on the DMSA images obtained 4 hours after tracer injection.
- In these cases, it is advisable to obtain delayed DMSA images, 24 hours after injection.