الفهرس 
Embryology of the kidneys
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Abstract
Imaging of children who had developed a clinical picture of pyelonephritis is directed toward characterization of the extent of the current infection and associated renal injury and toward identification of risk factors for future infections and damage, risk factors for pyelonephritis that might be uncovered during imaging include vesico- ureteric reflux (VUR), obstructive processes and other mechanisms promoting urinary stasis. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of static renal scintigraphy in diagnosis of pediatric renal pyelonephritis and to estimate the value of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in diagnosis. This study was carried out on 50 patients who were suspected clinically to have renal pyelonephritis in Radiology department at Mansoura Urology and Nephrology center and Radiology department at Tanta university hospitals. Inclusion criteria included pediatric age group, children with symptoms suggesting pyelonephritis e.g. (flank pain, high grade fever, leukocytosis, pyuria, and positive urine culture), children with evidence of vesicoureteric reflux and recurrent urinary tract infection and exclusion criteria included adult age group. All patients were subjected to proper history taking, laboratory investigations including renal function tests, urine analysis and urine culture and reviewing the results of previous investigations including: voiding cystourethrography, renal ultrasound, magnetic resonance urography. All patients were subjected to static renal scintigraphy and only 20 cases were subjected to single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). This study included 50 patients, 29 were females and 21were males with age ranged from 1 month to 15 years.