Right colonic hemangioma diagnosed by scintigraphy with 99-mTc sucralfate. A case report

Ital J Surg Sci. 1989;19(1):89-92.

Abstract

99-mTc-SF gastrointestinal scintigraphy used in recent years in the assessment of site and activity for ulcerative lesions, was shown to be very important for the diagnosis of a rare case of right colonic hemangioma. A young female patient suffering for some time from functional intestinal disorders, following negative radiologic and endoscopic findings, underwent 99-mTc-SF scintigraphy, which showed massive uptake of radioactivity in the ascending and right flexure of colon. A repeated colonoscopy with biopsy allowed the histologic diagnosis of capillary hemangioma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Colonic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemangioma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Organotechnetium Compounds*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Sucralfate*
  • Technetium*

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • technetium Tc 99m sucralfate
  • Sucralfate
  • Technetium