The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Abnormal Gastrointestinal Accumulation of Radiotracer by Gastric Bleeding During $^{99m}Tc$-MDP Bone Scintigraphy

$^{99m}Tc$-MDP 골스캔에서 위출혈에 의한 위장관의 일과성 방사능 집적

  • Chun, Kyung-Ah (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Woo (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Tae (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Kyu-Bo (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital)
  • 천경아 (경북대학교병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 이상우 (경북대학교병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 이재태 (경북대학교병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 이규보 (경북대학교병원 핵의학과)
  • Published : 1998.04.30
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Abstract

We present a case in which a patient with acute hemorrhagic gastritis demonstrated abnormal gastrointestinal accumulation of radiotracer during $^{99m}Tc$-methylene diphosphonate(MDP) skeletal scintigraphy. A hemorrhagic gastritis was subsequently demonstrated by endoscopy. The mechanism for the intestinal localization of $^{99m}Tc$-MDP in this patient is not clear, but we guess that the extravasated blood containing the radiopharmaceutical cannot recirculate and stays at the bleeding site, so we can see the intestinal activity.

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