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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2021; 31(04): 1065-1069
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1741101
Case Report

Detection of Ureteral Stump Transitional Cell Carcinoma, Presenting as Bone Metastases from Unknown Primary by 18F-FDG PET/CT: A Case Report with Review of Literature

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  • Petya N. Nikolova

    1   Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, 1Clinic of Imaging Diagnostics, University Hospital “Alexandrovska,” Sofia, Bulgaria

  • Valeria H. Hadzhiyska

    1   Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, 1Clinic of Imaging Diagnostics, University Hospital “Alexandrovska,” Sofia, Bulgaria

  • Kiril B. Mladenov

    1   Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, 1Clinic of Imaging Diagnostics, University Hospital “Alexandrovska,” Sofia, Bulgaria

  • Mihaela G. Ilcheva

    1   Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, 1Clinic of Imaging Diagnostics, University Hospital “Alexandrovska,” Sofia, Bulgaria

  • Stefani Veneva

    1   Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, 1Clinic of Imaging Diagnostics, University Hospital “Alexandrovska,” Sofia, Bulgaria

  • Svetla E. Dineva

    1   Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, 1Clinic of Imaging Diagnostics, University Hospital “Alexandrovska,” Sofia, Bulgaria

  • Boris S. Mladenov

    2   Clinic of Urology, UMHATEM “N.I. Pirogov,” Sofia, Bulgaria
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Abstract

A case of occult carcinoma of the ureteral stump is reported. A 67-year-old man presented with pain syndrome due to multiple bone metastases from unknown primary origin detected by previous imaging studies as magnetic resonance imaging, whole body contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), and technetium-99m methyldiphosphonate bone scan. He had undergone a right nephrectomy for a benign disease previously. He was referred to our department for an 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to help localize possible primary tumor. Our observations in this case show that the use of 18F-FDG PET/CT successfully and more accurately evaluated the overall tumor burden and led to a rapid decision of an adequate therapeutic approach.

Keywords

18F-FDG PET/CT - bone metastases - cancer of unknown primary - ureteral stump

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Artikel online veröffentlicht:
10. Januar 2022

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