A Rare Case of Urachal Carcinoma Metastatic to Thoracic Vertebra Detected by FDG PET/CT.

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A Rare Case of Urachal Carcinoma Metastatic to Thoracic Vertebra Detected by FDG PET/CT.

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Jul;42(7):544-546

Authors: Yang G, Wang Z, Liu S, Wu F, Li D

Abstract
Both chest radiography and MRI scan showed compression fracture of the T6 vertebral body in a 33-year-old man who presented with back pain. Because of the absence of predisposing factors for compression fracture, a pathologic fracture was considered. For this reason, an FDG PET/CT was performed. The images revealed not only the abnormal activity in the known T6 vertebral body but also an additional activity immediately anterosuperior to the urinary bladder in a partially calcified soft tissue nodule. A mucinous adenocarcinoma of urachus with solitary bone metastasis was confirmed histopathologically.

PMID: 28481799 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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