Open Access18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission Tomography–Computed tomography in the evaluation of unusual cutaneous manifestation of carcinoma urinary bladder
Author(s) -
Ram Kumar Elumalai,
Nitin Gupta,
Ritu Verma,
Ethel Shangne Belho
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_48_20
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , scrotum , metastasis , bladder cancer , urinary bladder , urinary system , penis , radiology , positron emission tomography , carcinoma , fluorodeoxyglucose , pathology , cancer , nuclear medicine , urology , anatomy
Bladder cancer is one of the most common malignancies of the urinary tract. Cutaneous metastasis of bladder carcinoma is extremely rare with a limited number of cases, resulting mainly from iatrogenic seeding. Here, we present scan findings of cutaneous metastasis in a known case of carcinoma urinary bladder. The 18F FDG PET/CT scan revealed FDG avid nodular thickening of the skin and sub-cutaneous tissue with ulcerations involving anterior pelvic wall, walls of the scrotum and the base of the penis. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of cutaneous and subcutaneous metastasis.