Febrile Immunocompromised Renal Transplant Recipient with Allograft Dysfunction: Detection of an Undiagnosed Prostate Abscess by [18F]FDG-PET/CT along with Treatment Response Monitoring
Sunita Nitin Sonavane,
Tukaram Jamale,
Sreyasi Bose
et al.
Abstract:The purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive description of a post-transplant febrile patient's clinical course, complications, surgical procedure, and long-term management including evaluation by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose [(18F)FDG] positron-emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT). A 35-year-old male, a postrenal transplant patient, developed chronic allograft dysfunction and presented with fever with chills, with suspicion of acute-on-chronic graft dysfunction, but no infectiv… Show more
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