Diagnostic red blood cell scintigraphy in GI tract bleeding from an intestinal hemangioma.
99mTc-labeled red blood cell (RBC) scintigraphy in vivo established the diagnosis of intestinal hemangioma in a 6-year-old girl suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) tract bleeding who had undergone an operation for removal of hemangioma at the nail bed. Other examinations, double-contrast barium meal study and angiography, were unsuccessful in making the diagnosis. Intestinal hemangioma is rare in childhood, but a useful technique such as RBC scintigraphy should be performed to find the bleeding point of the GI tract, especially in case the patient has another obvious hemangioma.
D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m
D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m