Recently, the Second People’s Hospital of Dezhou City used SPECT-CT to perform a renal function test for a patient with renal cancer, and made an accurate judgment on the renal function for the follow-up treatment. provided important evidence.
It is reported that the patient, Ms. Yang, 67 years old, was diagnosed with kidney cancer in a local hospital two weeks ago, and she is considering removing her right kidney. Before surgery, blood test for renal function showed abnormally elevated urea and creatinine, suggesting renal insufficiency, but the bilateral renal function could not be determined by blood test alone. In order to make an accurate judgment, Ms. Yang came to the Department of Nuclear Medicine of the Second People’s Hospital of Dezhou City for SPECT-CT renal dynamic imaging. According to SPECT-CT renal dynamic imaging, Ms. Yang’s left renal function was normal, and the right glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was lower than that of the left. According to clinical judgment, the right nephrectomy can be performed without affecting the patient’s quality of life after surgery. She underwent right-sided renal cancer surgery and recovered well.
SPECT-CT is called single-photon emission computed tomography in Chinese, which can provide functional metabolic information and anatomical morphological information of organs or lesions, and realize the perfect fusion imaging of the two. Clinically, SPECT-CT renal dynamic imaging can help doctors and patients to understand the location, size, shape, blood supply and function of both kidneys; quantitatively analyze the respective functions of each kidney; evaluate the function of kidneys that provide kidney transplantation; Renal function of renal patients; differential diagnosis of the relationship between abdominal masses and kidneys is a commonly used examination item in nuclear medicine. It is sensitive, simple, safe, and non-invasive. (Correspondents: Liu Guisheng, Wang Xiaojun)