Published 2014 | Version v1
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Wandering Meckel's diverticulum on 99m technetium-pertechnetate scintigraphy: A diagnostic dilemma?

Creators

  • 1. Department of Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi (Pakistan)
  • 2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dr. Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi (Pakistan)
  • 3. Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi (Pakistan)

Description

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most common gastrointestinal anomaly with heterotopic mucosa in 60% of cases. 99m technetium-pertechnetate scintigraphy is a sensitive tool for detection of MD containing heterotopic gastric mucosa. It is usually located in the right lower quadrant or umbilical region and less frequently in other quadrants. A mobile or wandering MD is a rare clinical presentation and may pose a diagnostic dilemma. However, presence of temporal correlation with gastric activity and compactness of focus during wandering period could make this riddle easy

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.125767; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3928747

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3928747;
DOI
10.4103/0972-3919.125767;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 30-31
ISSN
0972-3919

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46049977
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
CORRELATIONS; MUCOUS MEMBRANES; SCINTISCANNING; TECHNETIUM 99
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEMBRANES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Notes
PMCID: PMC3928747; PMID: 24591779; PUBLISHER-ID: IJNM-29-30; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3928747; Copyright: (c) Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.