ABSTRACT
One of the most common malformations of the gastrointestinal tract is Meckel diverticulum (MD). MD complications can range from minor to major, such as intestinal obstruction, intussusception, hemorrhage, ulceration, vesicodiverticular fistulae, and tumors. Bleeding from ectopic gastric mucosa is more common in children than in adults. In the current case, MD in a 25-y-old man was diagnosed by 99mTc-pertechnetate scanning. 99mTc-pertechnetate scanning helps to diagnose MD noninvasively and has a potential role in the evaluation of MD even in adults.
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Meckel Diverticulum , Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m , Child , Male , Humans , Adult , Meckel Diverticulum/diagnostic imaging , Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/etiology , Radionuclide ImagingABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: A 77-year-old man with a case of hyperthyroidism with high parathyroid hormone (41 pmol/L), low vitamin D, and normal thyroid-stimulating hormone. The SPECT/CT fused images confirmed the evidence of retrotracheal hyperdense mass approximately 1.0 cm of diameter below the lower pole of the right thyroid lobe with increased uptake, highly suggestive of typical parathyroid adenoma. The most significant point is that there was an incidental finding: high focal uptake in the sellar/suprasellar region corresponding to heterogenous soft tissue lesion suspicious for pituitary adenoma. According to the previous scans, nuclear medicine, CT scan, and the MRI scan indicated pituitary adenoma.
