Child Kidney Dis.  2022 Dec;26(2):116-118. 10.3339/ckd.22.040.

Infectious inflammation in children with acute pyelonephritis

• Kim H
• Suh JS
• Bin JH
• Lee SY

• KMID: 2538745
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3339/ckd.22.040

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  Fig. 1. Technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan. (A) Early DMSA scan during hospitalization shows a focal photon defect in left lower renal cortex. (B) Late DMSA scan 3 months after discharge shows no cortical abnormalities in either kidney.

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