title: 18F-FDG PET/CT in Renal Infections: Evidence of Acute Pyelonephritis in a Horseshoe Kidney.
abstract: A 58-year-old paraplegic patient was prescribed F-FDG for persistent inflammatory syndrome after aortic surgery for dissection. The examination was performed on a Siemens mCT Flow PET/CT and shows a moderate prostate uptake, related to prostatitis on self-catheterization and a focal renal cortical hypermetabolism of the left medial midpole of a horseshoe kidney, which corresponds to renal parenchyma on the CT, and suggests pyelonephritis, confirmed by Tc-DMSA SPECT/CT.
authors.affiliation: From the Service de Médecine Nucléaire et Imagerie Fonctionnelle, Hôpital Salengro, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morelle
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaillard
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bellevre
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Collet
authors.forename: Grégory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petyt
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D000069337:Fused Kidney / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D000072098:Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid