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Dystopic dysplastic kidney with ectopic ureter: improved localization by fusion of MR urography and 99mTc-DMSA SPECT datasets

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We report a 12-year-old girl with a long history of constant urinary dribbling and apparently only a left kidney. Using a multimodality approach involving the fusion of MR urography and 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) SPECT datasets, it was finally possible to exactly localize the very small dystopic, dysplastic right kidney and its ectopic ureter draining into the vagina.

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  1. Clinic and Polyclinic of Nuclear Medicine, University Clinic Würzburg, Josef-Scheider Strasse 2, Bau D5, 97080, Würzburg, Germany

    Michael C. Kreissl & Reinhard Lorenz

  2. Clinic and Polyclinic of Urology, University Clinic Würzburg, Zentrum Operative Medizin, Oberduerrbacherstr. 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany

    Gerd Ohnheiser

  3. Department of Paediatric Radiology, Institute of Radiodiagnosis, University Clinic Würzburg, Josef-Scheider Strasse 2, Bau D5, 97080, Würzburg, Germany

    Kassa Darge

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Kreissl, M.C., Lorenz, R., Ohnheiser, G. et al. Dystopic dysplastic kidney with ectopic ureter: improved localization by fusion of MR urography and 99mTc-DMSA SPECT datasets. Pediatr Radiol 38, 241–244 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-007-0660-5

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