Author:
Lu Xuan-Ping,Sung Wen-Wei,Weng Jui-Hung,Weng Jui-Hung,Hsia Jiun-Yi,Kao Pan-Fu
Abstract
Abstract
A 58-year-old man with lung cancer was referred for an 18F-FDG PET/CT scan for pretreatment staging. The FDG PET/CT scan revealed focal uptakes in the lower abdomen. We differentiated the etiology of the lesions by performing a delayed scan with urine retention and bladder distension. The delayed scan demonstrated a tubular, radioactivity-filled structure arising above the urinary bladder. Combining the FDG PET/CT scan, clinical findings, and ultrasonography, we made the diagnosis of vesicourachal diverticulum.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine
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