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Identification of occult active infection using PET ‐ CT in a combined liver‐kidney transplant candidate
Author(s) -
Al Shakarchi Julien,
Neil Desley,
Lipkin Graham,
Elsharkawy Ahmed,
Inston Nicholas
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12776
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , fever of unknown origin , kidney , kidney disease , ultrasonography , renal transplant , kidney transplantation , radiology , pathology , alternative medicine
This case describes a patient being considered for combined liver‐kidney transplantation for Caroli's disease with a failed renal transplant. A chronic septic focus could not be located with standard imaging techniques, such as ultrasonography and computed tomography. This case report highlights the observation that a retained non‐functioning transplant can be the cause of fever of unknown origin and PET ‐ CT can be useful in diagnosing these challenging cases.
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