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Inferior mesenteric varix demonstrated by 99mTc-red blood cell gastrointestinal bleeding study
- Source :
- Annals of nuclear medicine. 11(2)
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- Reported here is a case of an inferior mesenteric varix demonstrated by 99mTc-red blood cell (RBC) scintigraphy performed for gastrointestinal bleeding in a 47-year-old man. It was shaped like a question mark ranging from the left upper abdomen to the pelvis. This is the first report of scintigraphic recognition of an inferior mesenteric varix.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Erythrocytes
Scintigraphy
Blood cell
Varicose Veins
Mesenteric Veins
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Upper abdomen
Radionuclide Imaging
Pelvis
Varix
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Technetium
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Surgery
Red blood cell
medicine.anatomical_structure
Radiology
business
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09147187
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of nuclear medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6ad5b4b2337b345220ebd51487d4117e