Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Inguino-scrotal bladder hernia: an unexpected finding on 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT

Document Type : Case report

Authors
Shirin Shahlaei 1
Sara Shakeri 1
Fatemeh Farahmandfar 1
Farshad Emami 2
Ramin Sadeghi 1
1 Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2 Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Department, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran
10.22038/aojnmb.2020.45247.1305
Abstract
Bladder herniation is an uncommon condition mimicking suspicious metastasis on PET/CT imaging. We report a 67 y/o man with prostate cancer referred for recurrence evaluation with 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT. The scan showed an asymmetric site of intense tracer accumulation in the left inguino-scrotal region with the same SUVmax to the pelvic bladder. Reviewing cross sectional CT images with PET confirmed the inguino-scrotal bladder herniation.
Keywords
Bladder herniation
68 Ga-PSMA
PET/CT
Prostate cancer
Inguino-Scrotal herniation
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Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 8, Issue 2
July 2020
Pages 141-144