Radionuclide imaging of Meckel's diverticulum in children.
Fifty-eight children were studied for the presence of Meckel's diverticulum by scintigraphy with 99mTc-pertechnetate. Meckel's diverticulum was found at surgery in 6 of 6 patients with positive radionuclide studies and in 2 of 48 patients with negative studies. Four studies could not be interpreted because of widespread intestinal activity. Using the criteria described in this paper, false-positive readings did not occur.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007813:Laparotomy; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
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