An 81-year-old man affected by renal failure, underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT for detecting primary lesion because of multiple lung nodules consistent with secondary lesions revealed by computed tomography without contrast.
PET study documented high pathologic uptake at anterior and upper wall of urinary bladder, and a primary urinary bladder cancer was suspected. Biopsy confirmed the presence of a high-grade transitional cell carcinoma.
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Bertagna F, Motta F, Fisogni S, Lena MS, Lucchini S, Giubbini R. Are you the author?
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy; and 1st Division of Pathological Anatomy, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Reference: Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Jun;37(6):611-3.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182443799
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22614202
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