Technetium 99m-labelled-sucralphate isotope scanning in the detection of peptic ulceration.
An isotope scan using sucralphate labelled with technetium-99m has been compared with barium meal in the detection of peptic ulceration in 18 patients with endoscopically proven upper gastrointestinal lesions and eight controls. Gastric (75%) and duodenal (67%) ulcers were detected with identical frequency by isotope scan and barium meal but both were inferior to endoscopy. Structural, non-ulcerated lesions, were not identified by isotope scanning. The scan has potential value in duodenal ulcer disease, the serial assessment of ulcer healing and in paediatric gastroenterology.
D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003287:Contrast Media; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013392:Sucralfate
D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C038248:technetium Tc 99m sucralfate; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D013392:Sucralfate