title: Absence of urine production due to renal failure enables clear visualization of primary urinary bladder carcinoma on 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: An 81-year-old man affected by renal failure, underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT for detecting primary lesion because of multiple lung nodules consistent with secondary lesions revealed by computed tomography without contrast. PET study documented high pathologic uptake at anterior and upper wall of urinary bladder, and a primary urinary bladder cancer was suspected. Biopsy confirmed the presence of a high-grade transitional cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy. francesco.bertagna@spedalicivili.brescia.it
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bertagna
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Motta
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fisogni
authors.forename: Marco Schiavo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lena
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lucchini
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giubbini
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014556:Urine
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18