AUGMENTED ENTEROCYSTOPLASTY FOR NEUROGENIC BLADDER ASSOCIATED WITH RENAL-TRANSPLANTATION - APPEARANCE ON TC-99M MAG3 RENAL-TRANSPLANT SCAN

Enterocystoplasty (bladder augmentation) is a method of increasing bla dder capacity in patients with small or neurogenic bladders in order t o prevent vesicoureteral reflux, In patients with poorly compliant bla dders, enterocystoplasty, which consists of a segment of detubularized small bowel or a portion of the stomach attached to the bladder, ofte n helps to reduce the intravesicular pressures, thus reducing the like lihood of infection, It is also useful in treating bladder dysfunction in children with end-stage renal disease who require renal transplant ation. Radiographic evaluation of patients with a renal transplant and augmented bladder often can be confusing, and may suggest a urine lea k or hematoma, We report a patient with a renal transplant, bladder au gmentation, and rising serum creatinine who underwent renal scintigrap hy and ultrasonography.