Inguinal Herniation of Urinary Bladder on F-18 Sodium Fluoride (NaF) PET-CT
10.1007/s13139-016-0431-z
- Author:
Sharjeel USMANI
1
;
Fahad MARAFI
;
Najeeb AHMED
;
Nafisah KAZEM
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait Cancer Control Center (KCCC), PO Box: 1488, 83001 Khaitan, Kuwait. dr_shajji@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
F-18NaF PET-CT;
Herniation of the urinary bladder;
Hybrid imaging;
Inguinal hernia
- MeSH:
Hernia, Inguinal;
Humans;
Incidental Findings;
Radionuclide Imaging;
Sodium Fluoride;
Sodium;
Urinary Bladder
- From:Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
2017;51(4):368-370
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Inguinal herniation of urinary bladder is uncommon and usually an incidental finding in asymptomatic patients. In some of these patients, residual urine volume and consequently, urinary tracer activity can be higher in the herniated bladder than the native bladder, in which case interpretation can be challenging on conventional planar imaging.We describe an interesting case of physiological activity in a herniated bladder simulating a “tear-drop”. This case serves an important reminder that whilst F-18NaF PET-CT has a similar spectrum of urinary activity to conventional bone scintigraphy; morphological correlation on hybrid imaging is invaluable in ensuring the physiological nature of uptake.
