title: Incidental detection of a vesicocolonic fistula on renal scintigraphy with SPECT/CT.
abstract: Urinary-enteric fistula is a rare cause of recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI). Therefore, delayed/incidental diagnosis is the rule. The authors present an image of a vesicocolonic fistula incidentally detected during SPECT/CT renal scintigraphy with 99mTc-DTPA in a female patient with recurrent UTI. The diagnosis was subsequently confirmed by cystoscopy and surgery.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Urology and Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Uttam Kumar
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Mete
authors.forename: Kuruva
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Manohar
authors.forename: Anish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Reema
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Bhagwant Rai
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Mittal
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology