title: Serendipitous finding of transitional cell carcinoma of the kidney on bone and gallium imaging.
abstract: A 50-year-old woman presented with low back pain. Bone scintigraphy showed a focus of increased activity in the upper pole of the left kidney. Subsequent Ga-67 citrate scintigraphy demonstrated this same abnormal focus as a region of increased activity. Ultrasonography showed a renal mass in the upper pole of the left kidney. At surgery a transitional cell carcinoma of the upper pole of the left kidney was found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas 79920-5001.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Toney
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Turnbull
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019343:Citric Acid