Cyst infection in renal allograft recipients with adult polycystic kidney disease: the diagnostic value of labeled leukocyte scanning: case reports.

Puliatti, C., Stephens, M.R., Kenche, J., Ilham, M., Kumar, N. and Asderakis, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6859-2020 2007. Cyst infection in renal allograft recipients with adult polycystic kidney disease: the diagnostic value of labeled leukocyte scanning: case reports. Transplantation Proceedings 39 (6) , pp. 1841-1842. 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.05.033

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Abstract

Occult infection following renal transplantation is a common diagnostic problem facing nephrologists and transplant surgeons. Patients with adult polycystic kidney disease (APKD) are prone to recurrent infections in their native kidneys and this can present with little if any localizing signs. Conventional radiological imaging with computed tomography or ultrasonography has a low sensitivity and specificity in such patients due to anatomic distortion and poor native renal function, and therefore identifying the source of sepsis can be difficult. Two cases are presented where patients with APKD who had received kidney transplants were investigated unsuccessfully for occult sepsis. White cell-labeled scanning identified the location of the infection in the patients’ native polycystic kidney in both cases, allowing targeted treatment in the form of native nephrectomy. White cell-labeled scanning has an important role in the investigation of occult infection in renal allograft recipients with APKD.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0041-1345
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2022 11:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/150663

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