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KMID : 1148920180520050377
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2018 Volume.52 No. 5 p.377 ~ p.379
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Incremental Role of 18FDG PET/CT in Assessment of Testicular Viability
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Krishnaraju Venkata Subramanian
Malik Dharmender
Kumar Rajender
Bora Giridhar S.
Mittal Bhagwant Rai
Bhattacharya Anish
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Abstract
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Testicular torsion is a common differential diagnosis of acute scrotal pain along with acute epididymo-orchitis, which may lead to testicular non-viability. Doppler ultrasound and testicular scintigraphy are two routinely used modalities for the assessment of testicular viability. However, in some cases, these investigations may prove inadequate in differentiating between the two entities with widely differing management. Here, we present a case of a 52-year-old male with questionable viability of testis, who was investigated initially using testicular scintigraphy and was further subjected to a regional 18F-FDG PET/CT scan, in view of inconclusive findings with the conventional modalities.
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KEYWORD
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Testicular infarction, Testicular viability, Acute epididymo-orchitis, Testicular scintigraphy, 18F-FDG PET/CT
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