title: Tc-99m red blood cell scintigraphic detection of CMV-induced small bowel hemorrhage.
abstract: A 4-month-old female child, recently diagnosed with parentally-acquired HIV complicated by moderate immunosuppression and pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), presented with hematochezia. A Tc-99m bleeding study was performed and demonstrated a site of brisk bleeding in the distal ileum. The patient was taken to the operating room and resection of the distal ileum revealed the presence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) enteritis. In immunocompromised children presenting with gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage, CMV enteritis should be considered.
authors: Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
authors: Nikhil
authors: N
authors: Bhagat
authors: Nasrin V
authors: NV
authors: Ghesani
authors: Iona M
authors: IM
authors: Monteiro
authors: Debra S
authors: DS
authors: Heller
authors: Lionel S
authors: LS
authors: Zuckier
mesh_terms: D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D004751:Enteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013667:Technetium