False-positive radionuclide venography caused by distended urinary bladder.
A 60-year-old man with a history of prostatic carcinoma presented with left lower extremity swelling. A massively distended urinary bladder produced a false-positive radionuclide venogram.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago 60612.
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Fordham
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McKenna
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology*; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000473:pathology*