Bilateral Peritoneoscrotal Communication—"Chicken Leg" Appearance Demonstrated on 99mTc–Sulfur Colloid Scintigraphy. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sindhu, Tanigassalam; Kavanal, Anwin Joseph; Goyal, Harish; Mittal, Bhagwant Rai; Bhattacharya, Anish
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 45:Number 12(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: peritoneal dialysis -- peritoneoscrotal communication -- 99mTc–sulfur colloid -- processus vaginalis; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003330
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is a convenient alternate form of treatment in patients receiving hemodialysis for renal failure. Sometimes during the procedure, patients may develop scrotal swelling because of patent processus vaginalis. The diagnostic utility of the peritoneal scintigraphy, an infrequently performed nuclear medicine scan to identify peritoneoscrotal communication, has been reported by many authors. Most of the previous case reports in the literature demonstrated unilateral peritoneoscrotal communication. We present an interesting 99m Tc–sulfur colloid peritoneal scintigraphic image finding of bilateral peritoneoscrotal communication in a 67-year-old man who developed scrotal swelling while undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.