Positron-emission tomography used to diagnose tuberculosis in a renal transplant patient.
We describe the case of a 22-year-old Portuguese renal transplant patient whose post-transplant course was complicated by prolonged delayed graft function and pyrexia of unknown origin. Conventional imaging techniques were not definitive, but positron-emission tomography (PET) scanning identified abnormalities in the lung and mediastinum that led to a diagnostic biopsy demonstrating mycobacterial infection.
Kukrej
Neville
N
Department of Renal Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London, UK. nk@nevillek.demon.co.uk
Cook
Gary J
GJ
Pattison
James M
JM
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008131:London; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D011174:Portugal / Q000208:ethnology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18