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Park, Moon, Ahn, Park, Lim, and Lee: Fat Deposition in the Urinary Bladder Wall: Incidental Finding on Abdominal Computed Tomography: A Case Report
Uroradiology

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology 2015; 72(2): 140-142.

Published online: 3 February 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2015.72.2.140

Fat Deposition in the Urinary Bladder Wall: Incidental Finding on Abdominal Computed Tomography: A Case Report

Minho Park, MD, Sung Kyoung Moon, MD, Sung Eun Ahn, MD, Seong Jin Park, MD, Joo Won Lim, MD, Dong Ho Lee, MD

Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Sung Kyoung Moon, MD. Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, 23 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Korea. Tel. 82-2-958-8625, Fax. 82-2-968-0787, aquamsk@naver.com

Received 31 July 2014       Accepted 15 November 2014

Copyright © 2015 The Korean Society of Radiology

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Abstract

In a computed tomography (CT) scan, fat deposition in the urinary bladder wall is seen as a linear hypoattenuating band surrounded by soft tissue density. It is uncommon, but is often seen in normal cases. However, there is no report of fat deposition in the urinary bladder wall in Korea. The authors encountered a 62-year-old male patient who showed an incidental hypoattenuating band in the urinary bladder wall on abdominal CT. The patient showed no clinical signs related to fat deposition in the urinary bladder wall. When the patient's previous abdominal CT was retrospectively reviewed, the same CT finding was seen. This linear hypoattenuating band within the urinary bladder wall should be considered as a normal CT finding, although it is uncommon.

Keywords: Urinary Bladder, Computed Tomography, Adipose Tissue

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Fat deposition in the urinary bladder wall in a 62-year-old man.

A. A contrast-enhanced axial CT image shows the hypo-attenuating linear band along the anterior wall of urinary bladder (arrows). Band is relatively even and continuous along the urinary bladder wall.
B. In a coronal CT image, the band is extended to superior, inferior and both lateral side wall of urinary bladder (arrows).

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