Fig 1.
Selection process of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) presenting with suspected acute cyst complication.
One given patient may present with different types of cyst complications
Table 1.
Clinical and biological characteristics of the cohort.
Table 2.
Bacteriological documentation.
Fig 2.
Distribution of 18FDG-PET/CT imaging in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) presenting with suspected cyst complication.
The final diagnosis is provided on the basis of the entire work-up.
Table 3.
Clinical and biological characteristics of the cohort upon 18FDG PET/CT use.
Fig 3.
Diagnostic algorithm to manage patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) presenting with suspected acute cyst complication.
*, On the basis of the conventional management (including blood and urine analyses and abdomen imaging) of any patient with febrile abdominal pain in emergency conditions (33).