18F-FDG PET/CT in Bladder Cancer. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tagliabue, Luca; Russo, Giovanna; Lucignani, Giovanni
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 41:Number 12(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: 18F-FDG -- bladder cancer -- paraneoplastic syndrome -- PET/CT; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001403
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Urinary clearance of 18 F-FDG and variability in bladder wall FDG uptake may hamper the interpretation and limit the use of FDG-PET/CT for imaging bladder tumors. Nevertheless, careful combined evaluation of both CT and FDG-PET images of the urinary tract can provide useful findings. We present 2 cases of bladder cancer detected by FDG-PET/CT. These cases suggest that FDG uptake can be indicative of malignancy in bladder cancer when viewed in conjunction with CT scans and that whole-body FDG-PET/CT scans should always be reviewed with particular attention to the urinary tract because abnormalities suggestive of bladder cancer can be found unexpectedly.