Preliminary Results of Isotope Renography in Urological Complications of Cervical Carcinoma

Abstract

Radioisotope renography is a simple technique for the clinical evaluation of unilateral kidney function and of urinary tract patency; it is performed by the intravenous injection of I131 labeled sodium o-iodo-hippurate and by external monitoring over each kidney. Since urinary tract deseases are frequent complications of gynecologic malignancies, it was thought worthwhile to perform renography in patients with carcinoma of cervix uteri, at different stages, in order to analyze whether different renograms might be obtained in patients with different parametral involvement. The examination was performed on 21 patients. The results obtained demonstrated that the frequency of pathologic renograms in patients with carcinoma at stage I was significantly lower than in patients with carcinoma at stage II and III.