Use of SPECT/CT to confirm inconclusive gastric emptying scintigraphy results

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jun;40(6):e341-2. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000777.

Abstract

A 70-year-old man with cramping, abdominal pain, and diarrhea for 5 months after revision of a Nissen fundoplication underwent further evaluation with solid gastric emptying scintigraphy. On sequential planar images, we were uncertain if activity was present within the stomach or within loops of small bowel. SPECT/CT performed at 4 hours was used to localize the tracer, confirming its presence within the stomach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Fundoplication / adverse effects
  • Gastric Emptying*
  • Humans
  • Intestine, Small / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Stomach / surgery*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*