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Title | Gastrointestinal bleeding from an unusual etiology. Demonstration by Tc-99m RBC scintigraphy |
Creator/Author | Schneider, M. ; Siegel, M.E. |
Publication Date | 1984 Apr 01 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 6630413 |
Other Number(s) | CODEN: CNMED |
Resource Type | Journal Article |
Resource Relation | Clin. Nucl. Med. ; Vol/Issue: 9:4 |
Research Org | Univ. of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles |
Subject | 550601 -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics; ;ERYTHROCYTES-- LABELLING;GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT-- SCINTISCANNING;HEMORRHAGE-- DIAGNOSIS; ACCIDENTS;INJURIES;ISOMERIC NUCLEI;PATIENTS;SURGERY;TECHNETIUM 99 |
Related Subject | BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES;BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES;BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;BLOOD;BLOOD CELLS;BODY FLUIDS;COUNTING TECHNIQUES;DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;DIGESTIVE SYSTEM;HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES;INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI;ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES;ISOTOPES;MATERIALS;MEDICINE;NUCLEI;ODD-EVEN NUCLEI;PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES;RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING;RADIOISOTOPES;SYMPTOMS;TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES;YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES |
Description/Abstract | A 42-year-old man was admitted with hematochezia.^Approximately one hour prior to admission, this industrial worker was attempting to disengage a jammed staple gun when a staple dislodged accidently .^Approximately one-half hour later, he noted bright red blood per rectum.^Shortly after admittance an emergency gastrointestinal bleeding scintigraphy study was performed.^Ten mCi of in vitro labeled Tc-99m RBCs were injected.^Sequential 500 K images were obtained over the abdomen every 5 minutes for 40 minutes.^Three representative images are shown, demonstrating active gastrointestinal bleeding.^The patient was taken to the operating room were a distal jejunal bleed was seen.^Enterostomy was performed and the vessel was ligated.^This interesting case demonstrates the pathophysiology of an unusual cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. |
Country of Publication | United States |
Language | English |
Format | Pages: 243 |
System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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