Giant Urinary Bladder Visualised on Tc-99m MDP Whole Body Bone Scan 

Authors

  • Derya Cayir Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Nuclear Medicine Department, Ankara, Turkey
  • Mine Araz
  • Salih Sinan Gültekin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12970/2310-984X.2016.04.01.2

Keywords:

 Tc 99m medronate, incidental findings, urinary bladder diseases.

Abstract

 We herein report an unusual appearance of an extensively enlarged urinary bladder on Tc-99m Methylenediphosphanate (MDP) whole body bone scan of a 67 years old prostate cancer patient with abdominal distension. Due to micturition problem, we inserted urinary catheter and drained 11.5 liters of residual urine. Abdominal distention regressed significantly. On postdrainage images, bladder activity was completely cleaned. 

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2016-03-06

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