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Published on: June 4, 2015
Incidental Detection of Inguinoscrotal Bladder Hernia with Associated Factors on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT Scans
1Department of Anatomy, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram, Konya, Turkey.
Objective:
To evaluate the associated factors of inguinoscrotal bladder hernia (ISBH), which was detected on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) scans.
Study Design:
An observational study.
Place And Duration Of Study:
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey, from August 2010 to April 2021.
Methodology:
In this study, 60 cases were subclassified in three age-matched groups; 15 patients diagnosed with ISBH in Group Ia, 15 cases with inguinoscrotal herniation (ISH) of bowel in Group Ib, and 30 patients without ISH in Group II. In the reconstructed PET/CT images, the prostate volume (PV), abdominal subcutaneous fat (SFV), and visceral fat (VFV) volumes were measured, and body mass index (BMI) was calculated.
Results:
There was a statistically significant relationship between subgroups of Group I in the measurements of BMI, PV, SFV, and VFV, which were higher in Group Ia than Group Ib. The lower SFV/VFV value in Group Ib was considered as the most important risk factor in developing ISH of the bowel. A significant statistical difference was found between Group I and II in terms of PV, VFV, and SFV/VFV parameters.
Conclusions:
This study reiterated the impact of PV and the parameters representing abdominal fat distribution on ISBH development. PET/CT scan provided valuable information regarding both the hernia contents and the associated factors in which the higher PV had a significant association for the development of ISBH as well as lower SFV/VFV that was more prominent in ISH with bowel. Key Words: Inguinoscrotal bladder hernia, 18F FDG PET/CT scan, Subcutaneous fat, Prostate volume, Visceral fat.
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