Intermittent cystocele diagnosed on 18F-FDG PET/CT scan

Clin Nucl Med. 2012 May;37(5):e108-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31824853c9.

Abstract

A 78-year-old woman was diagnosed with stage III diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and treated with chemotherapy in 2004. Imaging follow-up was performed by serial 6-month diagnostic PET/CT scans. A PET/CT scan performed in June 2011 showed an unusual hourglass appearance of activity in the pelvis that prompted further investigation. Retrospective review of the prior diagnostic PET/CT scans revealed that the patient had a sliding bladder, located either above or below the pubococcygeal line at different imaging times, but during this scan, the bladder was "caught" moving up to its normal position.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cystocele / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Multimodal Imaging / methods*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18