Peritoneal scintigraphy for diagnosing periumbilical leakage in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
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.
Wu
P S
PS
Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, 138 Shing-Li Road, Tainan 704, Taiwan.
Lee
B F
BF
Chiu
N T
NT
Tu
D G
DG
Yao
W J
WJ
Wang
M C
MC
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
D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin