PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shih, Wei-Jen
AU  - McQuaide, B. H.
AU  - Hartman, Richard S.
AU  - Thornsberry, Starling
TI  - Colon Visualization in Bone Scintigraphy: Case Report
DP  - 1992 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 73--74
VI  - 20
IP  - 2
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/20/2/73.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/20/2/73.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1992 Jun 01; 20
AB  - A woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix, status post-irradiation therapy, was evaluated for skeletal metastasis. Technetium-99m hydroxy methylene diphosphonate bone images showed an area of abnormal radiotracer localization in the left abdomen corresponding to the descending colon. Contrast radiographic study using gastrograffin enema confirmed a large colovesical fistula between the sigmoid colon and the urinary bladder. We believe that the presence of radiotracer accumulation in the bowel during a routine bone scintigraphy suggests communication between the urinary collecting system and the bowel.