Unexpected Pyelonephritis Incidentally Revealed on 99mTc MDP Bone Scintigraphy. 2017

Xiaofei Zhao, and Ruifang Zhao, and Ha Wu
From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

A 5-year-old girl had intermittent fever for 4 months. A Tc MDP bone scintigraphy was performed to evaluate possible occult osteomyelitis, which revealed no bone lesion. However, abnormal MDP activity in the upper poles of both kidneys was noted, which was confirmed as pyelonephritis subsequently.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011704 Pyelonephritis Inflammation of the KIDNEY involving the renal parenchyma (the NEPHRONS); KIDNEY PELVIS; and KIDNEY CALICES. It is characterized by ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; NAUSEA; VOMITING; and occasionally DIARRHEA. Necrotizing Pyelonephritis,Pyelonephritis, Acute Necrotizing,Pyelonephritides
D011877 Radionuclide Imaging The production of an image obtained by cameras that detect the radioactive emissions of an injected radionuclide as it has distributed differentially throughout tissues in the body. The image obtained from a moving detector is called a scan, while the image obtained from a stationary camera device is called a scintiphotograph. Gamma Camera Imaging,Radioisotope Scanning,Scanning, Radioisotope,Scintigraphy,Scintiphotography,Imaging, Gamma Camera,Imaging, Radionuclide
D001842 Bone and Bones A specialized CONNECTIVE TISSUE that is the main constituent of the SKELETON. The principal cellular component of bone is comprised of OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOCYTES; and OSTEOCLASTS, while FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS and hydroxyapatite crystals form the BONE MATRIX. Bone Tissue,Bone and Bone,Bone,Bones,Bones and Bone,Bones and Bone Tissue,Bony Apophyses,Bony Apophysis,Condyle,Apophyses, Bony,Apophysis, Bony,Bone Tissues,Condyles,Tissue, Bone,Tissues, Bone
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013669 Technetium Tc 99m Medronate A gamma-emitting radionuclide imaging agent used primarily in skeletal scintigraphy. Because of its absorption by a variety of tumors, it is useful for the detection of neoplasms. Tc-99m MDP,Technetium Methylene Diphosphonate,99mTc-MDP,99mTc-Methylene Diphosphonate,Tc-99 Medronate,Tc-99m Methylene Diphosphonate,Technetium Tc 99m Methylenediphosphonate,99mTc Methylene Diphosphonate,Diphosphonate, 99mTc-Methylene,Diphosphonate, Tc-99m Methylene,Diphosphonate, Technetium Methylene,Medronate, Tc-99,Methylene Diphosphonate, Tc-99m,Methylene Diphosphonate, Technetium,Tc 99 Medronate,Tc 99m Methylene Diphosphonate
D033162 Incidental Findings Unanticipated information discovered in the course of testing or medical care. Used in discussions of information that may have social or psychological consequences, such as when it is learned that a child's biological father is someone other than the putative father, or that a person tested for one disease or disorder has, or is at risk for, something else. Incidental Discovery,Discoveries, Incidental,Discovery, Incidental,Finding, Incidental,Findings, Incidental,Incidental Discoveries,Incidental Finding

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