Serendipitous finding of transitional cell carcinoma of the kidney on bone and gallium imaging.
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.
Moreno
A J
AJ
Department of Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas 79920-5001.
Toney
M A
MA
Griffith
J C
JC
Rodriguez
A A
AA
Turnbull
G L
GL
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
D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019343:Citric Acid