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Occult Renal Granulomatous Inflammatory Lesions in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT.

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A 33-year-old woman with a 7-month history of granulomatosis with polyangiitis F-FDG PET/CT scan due to low-grade intermittent fever and elevation of serum inflammatory markers, which revealed multiple hypermetabolic lesions… Click to show full abstract

A 33-year-old woman with a 7-month history of granulomatosis with polyangiitis F-FDG PET/CT scan due to low-grade intermittent fever and elevation of serum inflammatory markers, which revealed multiple hypermetabolic lesions in bilateral kidneys. Biopsy of a lesion showed granulomatosis with polyangiitis, consistent with renal involvement of granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Keywords: granulomatosis polyangiitis; polyangiitis; fdg pet; occult renal; inflammatory

Journal Title: Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Year Published: 2017

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