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During the intestinal phase of hepatobiliary imaging studies in four patients, unusual small intestinal abnormalities were noted. These findings were correlated with surgery in three patients. Recognition of these patterns gives additional clinical information of significant diagnostic value. Further attention to small intestinal pattern and/or radionuclide evaluation of small intestine is a promising method of noninvasive evaluation of clinically suspected small intestinal infarction and obstruction.

Oxyphilic adenoma of the parotid gland is a rare benign tumor. In the case presented, increased concentration of 99mTc-pertechnetate was seen in the tumor. The only other neoplasm which is known to consistently concentrate pertechnetate is papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum (Warthin's tumor).