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Acute pyelonephritis resulting in intense vascular blush during dynamic renal scintigraphy
Prathamesh Joshi1, Sushil Deshpande2, Mukta Kulkarni3
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tapadia Diagnostic Center, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
Abstract:
A thirty-year-old male underwent Tc-99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid renal scintigraphy for evaluation of gross hydronephrosis of left kidney. The perfusion phase revealed an intense vascular blush in left renal fossa. The uptake phase of scintigraphy revealed the absence of tracer uptake in left kidney. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) was performed for evaluating the cause of vascular blush. CECT demonstrated features suggestive of acute pyelonephritis (APN) involving lower pole of the hydronephrotic left kidney, corresponding to the site of vascular blush seen on renal scintigraphy. The postnephrectomy specimen confirmed the diagnosis of APN suggested on CECT.
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