Meckel's diverticulum: demonstration of heterotopic gastric mucosa with technetium-99m-pertechnetate SPECT

L P Connolly; S T Treves; F Bozorgi; S C O'Connor

Meckel's diverticulum: demonstration of heterotopic gastric mucosa with technetium-99m-pertechnetate SPECT

J Nucl Med. 1998 Aug;39(8):1458-60.

Authors

L P Connolly¹, S T Treves, F Bozorgi, S C O'Connor

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

PMID: 9708529

Abstract

Demonstration of functioning heterotopic gastric mucosa with 99mTc-pertechnetate SPECT is reported. Abnormal tracer uptake was shown conclusively with SPECT but not with planar imaging. When a Meckel's diverticulum is suspected, we suggest SPECT be performed if the results of planar scintigraphy are equivocal and that it be considered if there is a high clinical suspicion and planar imaging is normal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Choristoma / complications
Choristoma / diagnostic imaging*
Female
Gastric Mucosa* / diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
Humans
Meckel Diverticulum / complications
Meckel Diverticulum / diagnostic imaging*
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m*
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m