SILENT RENAL DAMAGE IN SYMPTOM-FREE SIBLINGS OF CHILDREN WITH VESICOURETERAL REFLUX - ASSESSMENT WITH TECHNETIUM TC-99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID SCINTIGRAPHY

Authors
BUONOMO C TREVES ST JONES B SUMMERVILLE D BAUER S RETIK A
Citation
C. Buonomo et al., SILENT RENAL DAMAGE IN SYMPTOM-FREE SIBLINGS OF CHILDREN WITH VESICOURETERAL REFLUX - ASSESSMENT WITH TECHNETIUM TC-99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID SCINTIGRAPHY, The Journal of pediatrics, 122(5), 1993, pp. 721-723
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
122
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Part
1
Pages
721 - 723
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1993)122:5<721:SRDISS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Sixteen symptom-free siblings of children with vesicoureteral reflux w ere found to have the condition and underwent renal scintigraphy with technetium 99m dimercaptosuccinic acid. Of these 16 children, 6 had sc intigraphic evidence of renal damage. Screening for vesicoureteral ref lux in siblings of children known to have the condition should therefo re be carried out early in life; when reflux is present, an immediate assessment of the renal parenchyma should be made.