Acute renal failure due to primary bilateral renal large B-cell lymphoma: diagnostics and follow-up by FDG-PET/CT.
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.
Reuter
Stefan
S
Department of Medicine D, University of Münster, Münster, Germany. sreuter@uni-muenster.de
Rahbar
Kambiz
K
Busch
Veit
V
Hillebrand
Uta
U
Velden
Joachim
J
Pavenstädt
Hermann
H
Schober
Otmar
O
Stegger
Lars
L
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
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18