Key result
FDG PET/CT demonstrated abnormally increased activity (SUVmax 7.5) in multiple lesions of a transplanted kidney, which surgical pathology confirmed as synovial sarcoma.
Why the study?
FDG PET/CT was performed to determine the etiology of multiple lesions in a renal transplant incidentally found on routine examination.
Case Report (n=1)
FDG PET/CT can identify abnormally increased activity corresponding to synovial sarcoma in a transplanted kidney.
Warrants biopsy of FDG-avid transplant kidney lesions; case report leaves open PET/CT role in allograft tumors.
A 48-year old man who underwent renal transplantation 2 years ago due to chronic renal failure underwent FDG PET/CT to determine the etiology of multiple lesions in the renal transplant incidentally found on routine examination. The images demonstrated several foci of the abnormally increased activity in the transplanted kidney with SUVmax of 7.5. Surgical pathology demonstrated multiple synovial sarcoma in the transplanted kidney.
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Yang et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Synovial sarcoma in a renal transplant (n=1). FDG PET/CT was evaluated on FDG PET/CT findings. FDG PET/CT demonstrated abnormally increased activity (SUVmax 7.5) in multiple lesions of a transplanted kidney, which surgical pathology confirmed as synovial sarcoma.
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