Aspiration Incidentally Detected by a Meckel Scintigraphy
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Multimodality Diagnosis of Mesenteric Ischemia
Published on: July 21, 2023
Xia Bai1, Johannes C Fostitsch, Hongming Zhuang
1From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Inner Mongolia, China; †Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; and ‡Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Abstract:
Meckel scintigraphy with Tc-pertechnetate was performed in a 5-year-old boy to determine whether a Meckel diverticulum containing ectopic gastric mucosa caused bleeding. The images did not reveal focal activity characteristic of a Meckel diverticulum. Unexpectedly, activity in the tracheobronchial tree was visualized, consistent with aspiration of the radioactive saliva.
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