Utility of bladder lavage in Meckel's scanning.
Accumulation of radioactive urine in a bladder diverticulum on a Tc-99m pertechnetate scan simulated uptake in a Meckel's diverticulum. The abnormal activity was present even following bladder catheterization and drainage. However, saline lavage washed the residual activity out of the bladder, and prevented a false-positive diagnosis. In addition to preventing false-positive studies, bladder lavage may increase the sensitivity of the test by allowing the detection of Meckel's diverticuli that are obscured by residual bladder activity.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m