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Localization of abscess in adult polycystic kidney by indium-111 leukocyte scan
P N Bretan1, D C Price, R D McClure
1Department of Urology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco.
Urology
|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
In patients with adult polycystic kidney disease (APKD) infected cysts are difficult to localize with current radiographic techniques, especially those dependent on renal function. Indium-111 leukocyte (In-WBC) imaging is both highly sensitive and effective in detecting and localizing abscesses in patients with renal failure. We report on a patient with APKD and sepsis in whom computed tomography, ultrasound, and physical examination failed to locate the renal abscess, which was found by In-WBC scanning.