Bleeding Meckel's diverticulum presenting as focal extravasation on pertechnetate scintigraphy

Karan Lotfi, Elizabeth Oates

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Abstract

The evaluation of gastrointestinal hemorrhage may include a Meckel's scan, particularly in children. Typically, a Meckel's diverticulum shows discrete, focal uptake in the right lower abdomen. The authors describe an adult whose bleeding Meckel's diverticulum manifested as brisk, intermittent intraluminal tracer extravasation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-3
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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