title: Peritoneal scintigraphy for diagnosing periumbilical leakage in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) offers several advantages over hemodialysis for patients with end-stage renal disease; however, this technique also includes many documented complications. A case with clinical suspicion of dialysate leakage on CAPD was investigated by peritoneal scintigraphy using technetium-99m macroaggregated human albumin (99mTc-MAA). Peritoneal scintigraphy showed radiotracer accumulation over the periumbilical area at 2 hours 30 minutes after intraperitoneal infusion of 99mTc-MAA. Six hours of imaging revealed more apparent radioactivity at the same site. This study is to illustrate the simple diagnostic helpfulness of peritoneal scintigraphy in a patient with a CAPD-related structural defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, 138 Shing-Li Road, Tainan 704, Taiwan.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
chemical_list: D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin