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The use of 99mtechnetium in the diagnosis of patent processus vaginalis
M Ziegelbaum1, C Kovach, S Siegel
1Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio.
The Journal of Urology
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
We report 2 cases of scrotal swelling after placement of peritoneal catheters. 99mTechnetium intraperitoneal scanning was used to identify a patent processus vaginalis in each case. This simple, rapid, and nontoxic method can be used routinely to screen patients for a subclinical hernia before institution of intraperitoneal therapy.