Utility of SPECT/CT with Meckel's scintigraphy.
Meckel's diverticulum is a relatively common source of gastrointestinal tract morbidity in children. Individuals may present with symptoms of lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding, bowel obstruction or diverticulitis. Technetium-99 m pertechnetate scintigraphy is used to demonstrate those Meckel's diverticula that contain heterotopic gastric mucosa. We present a case of an adolescent male patient with rectal bleeding and suspected Meckel's diverticulum where the use of SPECT/CT fusion imaging provided valuable diagnostic information and prevented a false-negative study.
Department of Radiology, C S Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Jonathan R
JR
Dillman
Ka Kit
KK
Wong
Richard K J
RK
Brown
Kirk A
KA
Frey
Peter J
PJ
Strouse
D000293:Adolescent; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed