title: Nuclear medicine and esophageal surgery.
abstract: The principal radionuclide procedures involved in the evaluation of esophageal disorders that are amenable to surgery are illustrated and briefly described. The role of the radionuclide esophagogram (RE) in the diagnosis and management of achalasia, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and its complications, tracheoesophageal fistulae, pharyngeal and esophageal diverticulae, gastric transposition, and fundoplication is discussed. Detection of columnar-lined esophagus by Tc-99m pertechnetate imaging and of esophageal carcinoma by Ga-67 citrate and Tc-99m glucoheptonate studies also is presented.
mesh_terms: D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012211:Rhenium; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery; D013400:Sugar Acids; D013667:Technetium; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013400:Sugar Acids; C030406:technetium Tc rhenium-sulfur colloid; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D012211:Rhenium; D013667:Technetium; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; C100014:technetium Tc 99m gluceptate