Positive In-111 WBC scan in a patient with ischemic ileocolitis and negative colonoscopies.
Early ischemic bowel disease may be apparent on In-111 WBC scan before endoscopic changes of the mucosa. This may indicate a subacute process. The case in point did have angiographic findings of ileocolitis despite repeated colonoscopy.
Moallem
A G
AG
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11219, USA.
Gerard
P S
PS
Japanwalla
M
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D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D017091:Colitis, Ischemic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D007962:Leukocytes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D007205:Indium Radioisotopes