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Abstract:
An isotope scan using sucralphate labelled with technetium-99m has been compared with barium meal in the detection of peptic ulceration in 18 patients with endoscopically proven upper gastrointestinal lesions and eight controls. Gastric (75%) and duodenal (67%) ulcers were detected with identical frequency by isotope scan and barium meal but both were inferior to endoscopy. Structural, non-ulcerated lesions, were not identified by isotope scanning. The scan has potential value in duodenal ulcer disease, the serial assessment of ulcer healing and in paediatric gastroenterology.
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