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CT angiogram of the right kidney with complex vessel anatomy.
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The computed tomography (CT) angiogram performed showed 2 short renal veins and 2 arteries of the right kidney (fig. 1).
Conventional posterior Tc99m-MAG3 scintigraphy.
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However, the left kidney had a relative function of 60% in conventional posterior Tc99m-mercaptoacetyltriglycin (MAG3) scintigraphy (fig. 2), and MAG3 total clearance was in the lower normal range (242 ml/min/1.73 m2).
Posterior and anterior DMSA scintigraphy.
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In the additional anterior scan, however, the left kidney now had a relative function of only 46% (fig. 3).