TY - JOUR
T1 - Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis characterized on PET/CT
AU - Swingle, Christopher A.
AU - Baumgarten, Deborah A.
AU - Schuster, David M.
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - A 35-year-old black woman was referred for a PET/CT scan to evaluate the malignant potential of retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy seen on a CT scan done at an outside institution. The patient had a history of a left-sided renal staghorn calculus and had a stent placed in the left collecting system after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. She remained febrile despite an extensive course of antibiotics. The PET/CT demonstrated a left kidney with CT findings characteristic for xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with abnormal F-18 FDG uptake on PET. The retroperitoneal adenopathy had only mild FDG uptake characteristic for benign inflammation.
AB - A 35-year-old black woman was referred for a PET/CT scan to evaluate the malignant potential of retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy seen on a CT scan done at an outside institution. The patient had a history of a left-sided renal staghorn calculus and had a stent placed in the left collecting system after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. She remained febrile despite an extensive course of antibiotics. The PET/CT demonstrated a left kidney with CT findings characteristic for xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with abnormal F-18 FDG uptake on PET. The retroperitoneal adenopathy had only mild FDG uptake characteristic for benign inflammation.
KW - FDG
KW - PET
KW - PET/CT
KW - Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=27644474156&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/01.rlu.0000182262.16796.b3
DO - 10.1097/01.rlu.0000182262.16796.b3
M3 - Article
C2 - 16237295
AN - SCOPUS:27644474156
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 30
SP - 728
EP - 729
JO - Clinical nuclear medicine
JF - Clinical nuclear medicine
IS - 11
ER -