Open AccessDisplaced Kidney Simulating a Pelvic Mass on Bone Scintigraphy
Author(s) -
Muhammad Usman Shah,
Raphaella Da Silva,
Hong Ma,
Changping Jia,
Michael Leonard
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the open access journal of science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2314-5234
DOI - 10.11131/2014/101066
Subject(s) - pelvis , medicine , lumbar spine , scintigraphy , radiology , kidney , bone scintigraphy , pelvic kidney , urology , surgery
Pelvic kidney is a common renal ectopy and can present a diagnostic challenge on bone scintigraphay. We present a case of a 48 year old female with breast cancer who was found to have an intense focus of MDP uptake anterior to the lower lumbar spine on planar bone scintigraphy. An abdominal CT later demonstrated that a large liver cyst is displacing the kidney infero-medially into the pelvis.
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