Malakoplakia Presenting as a Mass in the Transplanted Kidney: A Malignancy Mimicker on PET/CT. 2021

Lokeshwaran Madurai Kalimuthu, and Manish Ora, and Aftab Hasan Nazar, and Sanjay Gambhir
From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.

Malakoplakia is a rare inflammatory condition that can affect many organ systems, including the genitourinary tract. It is associated with impaired immune function. Isolated renal parenchymal involvement has been reported in very few cases. Urinary tract and digestive malakoplakia have been reported in transplant recipients, but the involvement of transplant itself is rare. Variable clinical manifestations and nonspecific radiological appearance make the diagnosis difficult. The differential diagnosis includes infective etiologies and malignancy. We report a case of renal allograft malakoplakia, mimicking as a malignancy on F-FDG PET/CT.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007680 Kidney Neoplasms Tumors or cancers of the KIDNEY. Cancer of Kidney,Kidney Cancer,Renal Cancer,Cancer of the Kidney,Neoplasms, Kidney,Renal Neoplasms,Cancer, Kidney,Cancer, Renal,Cancers, Kidney,Cancers, Renal,Kidney Cancers,Kidney Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Kidney,Neoplasm, Renal,Neoplasms, Renal,Renal Cancers,Renal Neoplasm
D008287 Malacoplakia The formation of soft patches on the mucous membrane of a hollow organ, such as the urogenital tract or digestive tract. Malakoplakia,Malacoplakias,Malakoplakias
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000072078 Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography An imaging technique that combines a POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) scanner and a CT X RAY scanner. This establishes a precise anatomic localization in the same session. CT PET,CT PET Scan,PET CT Scan,PET-CT,PET-CT Scan,Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography,CT PET Scans,CT Scan, PET,CT Scans, PET,PET CT Scans,PET Scan, CT,PET Scans, CT,PET-CT Scans,Scan, CT PET,Scan, PET CT,Scan, PET-CT,Scans, CT PET,Scans, PET CT,Scans, PET-CT
D016030 Kidney Transplantation The transference of a kidney from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Kidney,Renal Transplantation,Transplantation, Kidney,Transplantation, Renal,Kidney Grafting,Kidney Transplantations,Renal Transplantations,Transplantations, Kidney,Transplantations, Renal

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