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  • Title: Unusual scintigraphic presentation of a shifting Meckel's diverticulum.
    Author: Zwas ST, Czerniak A, Wolfstein I.
    Journal: Clin Nucl Med; 1985 Apr; 10(4):252-5. PubMed ID: 2986891.
    Abstract:
    A Tc-99m red blood cell (RBC) study in a child with acute gastrointestinal bleeding of unknown origin suggested Meckel's diverticulum because of free pertechnetate uptake in the ectopic gastric mucosa. This finding has not been reported in the literature. A scan with Tc-99m pertechnetate then demonstrated a focal area of uptake with an unusual pattern of abdominal shifting consistent with a Meckel's diverticulum. A large Meckel's diverticulum containing gastric mucosa was found at surgery. A shifting pattern of focal uptake on a meckelogram study should be included among the diagnostic criteria for Meckel's diverticulum.
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