Delayed imaging of the pelvis with diluted and filled bladder: a simple and efficient method in FDG PET/CT imaging of bladder carcinoma.
A 53-year-old man with recent diagnosis of urinary bladder carcinoma was referred to our PET/CT unit. There was no sign and symptom other than hematuria. Urinary ultrasound showed a mass lesion at the right wall of the urinary bladder. FDG PET/CT was performed for initial staging. One-hour whole-body PET/CT images were normal, whereas delayed pelvic images with "diluted and filled bladder" demonstrated that intense hypermetabolic lesion at the right lateral wall of the urinary bladder.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
Metin
M
Halac
Anar
A
Aliyev
Sabire
S
Yılmaz
Meftune
M
Ozhan
Rana
R
Kaya
Sait
S
Sağer
Nurhan
N
Ergül
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18