Pelvic Kidney Mimicking Skeletal Metastasis on Bone Scan- Interesting Image

Authors

  • Mohammed Mehedi Al Zahid Bhuiyan Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Science, Sylhet
  • Azmal Kabir Sarker Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Science, Mitford, Dhaka
  • Hongyoon Choi 3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  • Minseok Suh Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  • Gi Jeong Cheon Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjnm.v22i2.51770

Keywords:

Ectopic kidney, Pelvic kidney, Tc-99m-MDP, Bone scan, CT

Abstract

A 57-year-old female patient underwent left breast-conserving surgery with sentinel lymph node biopsy for Left breast carcinoma (stage IIA). The patient had hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Other findings include multiple hepatic cyst, bilateral renal cysts and uterine myoma. She had no significant renal symptoms and her liver &renal function test were normal.She was sent for Technetium-99m-methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) bone scan. There was a large area of intense tracer concentration in the region of right sacro-iliac (SI) joint which appeared like an osteoblastic metastasis at first glance. However, absence of uptake in the right renal fossa with the left kidney being normal in position contemplated the probability of right-sidedpelvickidneywhich was confirmed later by a contrast enhanced computerized tomography (CT) scan of abdomen that showed a pelvic right kidney overlying the sacrum.

Bangladesh J. Nuclear Med. 22(2): 155-156, Jul 2019

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Published

2021-02-01

How to Cite

Bhuiyan, M. M. A. Z., Sarker, A. K., Choi, H., Suh, M., & Cheon, G. J. (2021). Pelvic Kidney Mimicking Skeletal Metastasis on Bone Scan- Interesting Image. Bangladesh Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 22(2), 155–156. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjnm.v22i2.51770

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