Education and imaging. Gastrointestinal: adherent chewing gum in the colon causing a false positive PET scan.
Hall
J
J
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Movva
A
A
Sridhar
S
S
Chamberlain
S
S
D000268:Adhesiveness; D000328:Adult; D002638:Chewing Gum / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002638:Chewing Gum