title: CT aided scintigraphic diagnosis of bleeding rectal sheath hematoma.
abstract: We present a case of rectal sheath hematoma with bleeding where computed tomography aided radionuclide gastro intestinal bleeding scintigraphy in the diagnosis and appropriate management, thus avoiding a laparotomy.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Section, Department of Radiology, UTMB, Clinical Science Bldg, Rm 2.474, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555-0793, USA. vavijaya@utmb.edu
authors.forename: Vani
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vijayakumar
authors.forename: Matthew E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed