Penile implant on bone scan imaging: a case study.
We present an unusual case of the incidental finding of a penile implant on a whole-body bone scan obtained for back pain in a patient with osteoporosis and vertebral body fractures. On 2 separate occasions, this patient underwent 3-h delayed whole-body bone scanning with (99m)Tc-methylene diphosphonate. The images showed acute and then subacute vertebral body fractures. On both imaging occasions, the bone scan that included the region of the implant clearly showed the penis, but visualization was better on the second scan. Penile implants have not been described in the nuclear medicine literature, and it is important to recognize the diagnostic possibilities when penile photopenia is identified.
Nuclear Medicine Section, Department of Radiology, Marshfield Clinic, Wisconsin 54449, USA. spiethm@mfldclin.edu
Michael E
ME
Spieth
Darcy L
DL
Kasner
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015917:Penile Prosthesis; D010413:Penis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate