A Rare Case of Urachal Carcinoma Metastatic to Thoracic Vertebra Detected by FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Jul;42(7):544-546. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001680.

Abstract

Both chest radiography and MRI scan showed compression fracture of the T6 vertebral body in a 33-year-old man who presented with back pain. Because of the absence of predisposing factors for compression fracture, a pathologic fracture was considered. For this reason, an FDG PET/CT was performed. The images revealed not only the abnormal activity in the known T6 vertebral body but also an additional activity immediately anterosuperior to the urinary bladder in a partially calcified soft tissue nodule. A mucinous adenocarcinoma of urachus with solitary bone metastasis was confirmed histopathologically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18

Supplementary concepts

  • Urachal cancer