title: Incidental finding of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with liver involvement on Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy.
abstract: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a systemic hereditary disease characterized by renal cysts and sometimes involvement of the liver. We present a 65-year-old woman with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease on regularly hemodialysis who recently experienced intermittent right upper quadrant abdominal pain and elevated intact parathyroid hormone for more than a year. She was referred for double-phase Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy, under the impression of hyperparathyroidism. Apart form increased uptake in the right thyroid bed, the images showed a large photon-deficient area in the upper portion of the abdomen corresponding to the liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. cychang11@vghtpe.gov.tw
authors.forename: Chih-Yung
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Ko-Han
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yum-Kung
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Cheng-Pei
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Ren-Shyan
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shih-Jen
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016891:Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi