Delayed imaging of the pelvis with diluted and filled bladder: a simple and efficient method in FDG PET/CT imaging of bladder carcinoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Aug;37(8):778-80. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31825ae141.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging / methods*
  • Pelvis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Urinary Bladder / diagnostic imaging*
  • Urinary Bladder / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18