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Scintigraphic Pattern of Intestinal Duplication on a Meckel's Diverticulum Scan

Scintigraphic Pattern of Intestinal Duplication on a Meckel's Diverticulum Scan

Authors :
Abdel Moneim Omar
Tahani Ahmed Al-Saee'd
Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar
Source :
Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 23:708-709
Publication Year :
1998
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1998.

Abstract

A 10-month-old boy had rectal bleeding. A Meckel's diverticulum radionuclide scan showed a peculiar pattern. At surgery, an intestinal duplication with cystic dilatation and perforation were found. Awareness of this pattern is important when interpreting Meckel's diverticulum scans.

Details

ISSN :
03639762
Volume :
23
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....eb215675e9cf8bff859500c229b873d5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199810000-00018