title: Multiple foci of increased accumulation of Ga-67 citrate in a horseshoe kidney. Differentiation of infection from nephroblastomatosis.
abstract: In the proper clinical setting, Ga-67 citrate appears to be a highly valuable radionuclide which may be used to differentiate an infectious process in the kidney from nephroblastomatosis. The authors present the case of a 7-year-old boy with multiple well-circumscribed foci of intense Ga-67 citrate accumulation in a horseshoe kidney. After a 2-week course of antibiotic therapy, the kidney showed significant improvement.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heyman
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019343:Citric Acid