Incidental finding of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with liver involvement on Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy

Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Jul;36(7):e69-70. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318219ad4b.

Abstract

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a systemic hereditary disease characterized by renal cysts and sometimes involvement of the liver. We present a 65-year-old woman with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease on regularly hemodialysis who recently experienced intermittent right upper quadrant abdominal pain and elevated intact parathyroid hormone for more than a year. She was referred for double-phase Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy, under the impression of hyperparathyroidism. Apart form increased uptake in the right thyroid bed, the images showed a large photon-deficient area in the upper portion of the abdomen corresponding to the liver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen / diagnostic imaging
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging*
  • Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi