RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Colon Visualization in Bone Scintigraphy: Case Report
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 73
OP 74
VO 20
IS 2
A1 Shih, Wei-Jen
A1 McQuaide, B. H.
A1 Hartman, Richard S.
A1 Thornsberry, Starling
YR 1992
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/20/2/73.abstract
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.