Nguyen B D, Adatepe M H
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.
J Nucl Med. 1992 Feb;33(2):263-5.
A double-pediatric kidney transplant recipient, who developed hypertension, was found to have unilateral renal artery stenosis. The stenosis was successfully assessed by single-dose 99mTc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid renal scintigraphy, confirmed by renal arteriography, and treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. This case illustrates the usefulness of Captopril-enhanced renography in screening en-bloc transplant patients suspected for renal vascular hypertension.