Indium-111 leukocyte scanning: false-negative study in a renal abscess

A 33-year-old man had clinical features of a right renal abscess. Results of excretory urography and ultrasonography showed a focal complex mass lesion in the right kidney. An In-111 leukocyte scan failed to detect the right renal abscess, which later was aspirated under CT guidance and explored sur...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1986-04, Vol.11 (4), p.274-275
Main Authors: RAJENDRA KUMAR, BEDI, D. G, FAWCETT, H. D, WINSETT, M. Z, FAGAN, C. J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscess - diagnostic imaging
Adult
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the urinary system
Biological and medical sciences
False Negative Reactions
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Indium
Infectious diseases
Kidney Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Leukocytes
Male
Medical sciences
Radioisotopes
Radionuclide Imaging
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Summary:A 33-year-old man had clinical features of a right renal abscess. Results of excretory urography and ultrasonography showed a focal complex mass lesion in the right kidney. An In-111 leukocyte scan failed to detect the right renal abscess, which later was aspirated under CT guidance and explored surgically. The role of In-111 leukocyte imaging in the detection of intra-abdominal abscesses, with limitations of the procedure, is discussed.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-198604000-00014