18F-FDG PET/CT in Renal Infections: Evidence of Acute Pyelonephritis in a Horseshoe Kidney. (February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Morelle, Maxime; Jaillard, Alice; Bellevre, Dimitri; Collet, Guillaume; Petyt, Grégory
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 42:Number 2(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-02
• Subjects: FDG -- horseshoe kidney -- PET -- pyelonephritis -- renal infection; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001455
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: A 58-year-old paraplegic patient was prescribed 18 F-FDG for persistent inflammatory syndrome after aortic surgery for dissection. The examination was performed on a Siemens mCT Flow PET/CT and shows a moderate prostate uptake, related to prostatitis on self-catheterization and a focal renal cortical hypermetabolism of the left medial midpole of a horseshoe kidney, which corresponds to renal parenchyma on the CT, and suggests pyelonephritis, confirmed by 99m Tc-DMSA SPECT/CT.