Bleeding Inverted Meckel’s Diverticulum in an Adult Patient: Radionuclide and Radiologic Findings
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Received 10/17/2007; revised 11/14/2007; accepted 11/21/2007. For correspondence and reprints contact: Shih-Chuan Tsai, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital. 160 Section 3, Taichung Harbor Road, Taichung 407, Taiwan. Tel: (886)4-23592525 ext. 4801, Fax: (886)423741348, E-mail: [email protected] Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by an inver ted Meckel’s diverticulum is considered a rare occurrence. We described a case of a 31-year-old male with vague abdominal pain and bloody stool due to an inverted Meckel’s diverticulum. We reported the case that showed its particular findings in Tc-labeled erythrocytes (Tclabeled RBC) scan, computed tomography, and superior mesenteric artery angiography.
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