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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2018; 17(04): 296-298
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_65_17
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Fluroine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computer tomography in staging of renal cell carcinoma arising from a native kidney with liver and bone metastasis in a renal transplant patient

Koramadai Kamaleshwaran
0   Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT and Radionuclide Therapy, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Bharat Rangarajan
1   Department of Medical Oncology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Raghi Jose
0   Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT and Radionuclide Therapy, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Ajit Shinto
0   Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT and Radionuclide Therapy, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) of the native kidney accounts for <5% of all malignancies found in transplant recipients. There have been only a few reported cases comprising of few renal transplant patients with RCC of native kidneys due to the relative rarity of the condition. Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) is used in the staging of RCC. Prognosis of metastatic RCC is poor. We report the first case of 55-year-old postrenal transplant recipient diagnosed with RCC of the native kidney with liver and bone metastases imaged using F-18 FDG PET/CT.

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Fluoride-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography - native kidney - renal cell carcinoma - renal transplant


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Received: 00 00 2018

Accepted: 00 00 2018

Article published online:
29 April 2022

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