J Korean Soc Radiol.  2015 Feb;72(2):140-142. 10.3348/jksr.2015.72.2.140.

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

• Park M
• Moon SK
• Ahn SE
• Park SJ
• Lim JW
• Lee DH

• KMID: 2002812
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2015.72.2.140

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.

MeSH Terms

Adipose Tissue
Humans
Incidental Findings*
Korea
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Urinary Bladder*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 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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