Striking Visualization of an A-V Dialysis Shunt on Bone Imaging

A 28-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and a renal transplant in the left iliac fossa underwent radionuclide bone imaging because of hip and knee pain. Three-phase imaging demonstrated the striking appearance of an A-V dialysis shunt in the thigh.

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1988-06, Vol.13 (6), p.469-470
Main Authors: SLIZOFSKI, WALTER J, CROLL, MILLARD N, DADPARVAR, SIMIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical
Biological and medical sciences
Bone and Bones - diagnostic imaging
Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management
Female
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Medical sciences
Radionuclide Imaging
Renal Dialysis
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Summary:A 28-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and a renal transplant in the left iliac fossa underwent radionuclide bone imaging because of hip and knee pain. Three-phase imaging demonstrated the striking appearance of an A-V dialysis shunt in the thigh.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-198806000-00020