Radionuclide imaging of intestinal infarction.
An acute small bowel infarction in a 57-year-old male alcoholic produced a dense positive image on a gallium-67 citrate scan. Radionuclide imaging may be useful in the diagnosis of this condition, which has a high mortality rate and is not often diagnosed premortem.
D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000098:blood supply*; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging