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Maria Stathaki1, Fotios Psarakis, Eleni Moustou
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece. mariast_cha@yahoo.gr.
Abstract:
Technetium-99m pertechnetate planar scintigraphy is the procedure of choice to localize ectopic gastric mucosa. However, single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) provides precise landmarks and scintigraphic findings. We report a case of an adult patient with Meckel's diverticulum involving an atypical location, within the pelvic region, next to the right margin of the urinary bladder. Imaging characteristics supported the diagnosis of either Meckel's or bladder diverticulum. Single photon emission computed tomography /CT was the key method to obtain definite diagnosis, since the low-dose CT revealed the presence of air within the lesion of radiotracer uptake. This finding was suggestive of an outpouching of the bowel wall.
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