Detection of Incomplete Bladder Duplication by SPECT/CT

Yingzhuo Yang; Wen Yang; Qiao Wang; Yun Duan

doi:10.2967/jnmt.120.246801

Detection of Incomplete Bladder Duplication by SPECT/CT

J Nucl Med Technol. 2020 Dec;48(4):381-383. doi: 10.2967/jnmt.120.246801. Epub 2020 Jul 24.

Authors

Yingzhuo Yang¹, Wen Yang¹, Qiao Wang¹, Yun Duan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China duanyuncd@163.com.

PMID: 32709675
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.120.246801

Abstract

Bladder duplication is an extremely rare congenital urinary tract malformation that is often discovered incidentally. Here, we report a case of incomplete bladder duplication diagnosed by SPECT/CT in a 65-y-old man with lung cancer. Compared with the results of whole-body planar bone scintigraphy, this SPECT/CT finding caused the diagnosis to be revised in this patient with suspected bone metastases. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of incomplete bladder duplication discovered by SPECT/CT.

Keywords: SPECT/CT; bladder duplication; bone metastasis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Male
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography*
Urinary Bladder / abnormalities*
Urinary Bladder / diagnostic imaging*