The floating Meckel.
A 10-year-old girl was hospitalized because of abdominal pain and significant gastrointestinal bleeding for 3 days with hematocrit of 28% and hemoglobin of 6.1 mmol/L. Gastroscopy and abdominal ultrasound did not reveal any gastrointestinal abnormalities and parameters of coagulation were normal. Because a Meckel diverticulum is one of the most common causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in children, a Tc-99m pertechnetate scan (Meckel's scan) was performed to identify ectopic gastric mucosa. Normally, a Meckel diverticulum is found in the right lower quadrant.
Hoelzel
Christian
C
Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universitaetsklinikum Dresden, Germany. christian.hoelzel2@uniklinikum-dresden.de
Gillitzer
Claus
C
Kotzerke
Joerg
J
D002648:Child; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m