PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Apostol, Roxana
AU  - Rodrigue, Paul
TI  - Spontaneous Ureteral Rupture During a <sup>99m</sup>Tc-Mercaptoacetyltriglycine Renal Scan
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.124.267428
DP  - 2024 Apr 16
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - jnmt.124.267428
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2024/04/16/jnmt.124.267428.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2024/04/16/jnmt.124.267428.full
AB  - After therapeutic pelvic radiation for malignancy such as prostate cancer, patients are at greater risk for spontaneous ureteral rupture. Bladder outlet obstruction and other more proximal causes of obstruction also exacerbate this vulnerability. Here we present a case of spontaneous ureteral rupture during a 99mTc-mercaptoacetyltriglycine nuclear renal scan secondary to Foley catheter obstruction in a 73-y-old man with a prior ureteral reimplantation procedure. Prompt detection of Foley catheter malfunction could potentially prevent such adverse events.