title: Acute renal failure due to primary bilateral renal large B-cell lymphoma: diagnostics and follow-up by FDG-PET/CT.
abstract: Acute renal failure (ARF) due to bilateral parenchymal infiltration of a high grade malignant non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma is exceptional. Early identification of this pathology causing ARF is critical as early induction therapy with cyclophosphamide and prednisone often leads to a substantial recovery of kidney function. This striking case illustrates the usefulness of noninvasive fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography as a functional imaging modality demonstrating not only the cause of unexplained ARF but also its convenience for the restaging management of non-Hodgkin lymphomas during complete remission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine D, University of Münster, Münster, Germany. sreuter@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.forename: Kambiz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rahbar
authors.forename: Veit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: Uta
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hillebrand
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Velden
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pavenstädt
authors.forename: Otmar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schober
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stegger
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18