Value of positron emission tomography in diagnosing synchronous penile metastasis from urothelial bladder cancer.

Metastases to the penis are extremely rare events. Most frequently, penile metastases come from the urogenital system (bladder, prostate) or the rectum-sigmoid colon. Usually painful, penile lesions may be asymptomatic, making diagnosis more challenging.

Potential impact of 18F-FDG PET/CT on patients selection for neoadjuvant chemotherapy before radical cystectomy.

Background: The detection of lymph node metastases in bladder cancer has a major impact on treatment decisions and patients prognosis. Due to limited value of conventional imaging, the place of molecular and functional imaging needs to be precised, particularly in the neoadjuvant setting.

Methods: From June 2011 to June 2013, 102 patients with clinically localized BCa were simultaneously staged with (18)F-FDG PET/CT before RC.

Melioidosis in a European traveler without comorbidities: a case report and literature review.

Melioidosis is an endemic disease in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. It habitually affects immune-depressed hosts and may have a wide range of clinical manifestations. The use of positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) has not been described previously for this disease.