Demonstration of 99mTc-MDP Uptake in a Mobile Urinary Bladder Calculus on SPECT/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Jan;45(1):60-62. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002809.

Abstract

We report a large mobile bladder calculus with intense Tc-MDP uptake demonstrated on both whole-body bone scintigraphy and SPECT/CT images in a patient with complicated chronic history of urolithiasis and urinary tract infection. Bone tracer uptake in bladder calculus is a rare phenomenon and might be related to the composition and matrix of calculus, direct exposure to excreted radiotracer, and bacterial colonization on the surface of calculus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Medronate