Diagnosis of Menètrier's disease with Tc-99m human serum albumin scintigraphy.
Technetium-99m labeled human serum albumin has been shown to detect protein leakage into the bowel. A case of a young adult is presented with endoscopic and pathological correlation of scintigraphic findings supporting Menètrier's disease.
Pacheco
E J
EJ
Department of Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas 79920-5001, USA.
Moreno
A J
AJ
Ramos
A
A
Murray
R
R
Turnbull
G L
GL
Barzey
A
A
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin