Advantage of indium-111 leukocytes over ultrasound in imaging an infected renal cyst.
Indium-111-labeled leukocyte scanning is a highly sensitive and specific method of detecting abscesses. This report describes a patient with polycystic kidneys and a single infected cyst. Ultrasound could not determine which cyst was infected, but the infected cyst could be localized by [111In]leukocyte imaging in conjunction with a [99mTc]DMSA renal scan. The two radionuclide studies were used to identify an infected renal cyst and direct ultrasound guided aspiration.
D000328:Adult; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D007962:Leukocytes; D008297:Male; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D004113:Succimer; D013667:Technetium; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D014463:Ultrasonography
D011868:Radioisotopes; D007204:Indium; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D013667:Technetium; D004113:Succimer