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Nuclear Imaging of Meckel's Diverticulum: A Pictorial Essay of Pitfalls

A false negative Meckel's and GI bleed study

This patient presented with guiac positive stool. A pertechnetate scan was preformed which was negative. A GI bleed study using 99m-Tc labeled RBC was also negative. A Meckel's diverticulum was found at surgery.
 
99m-Tc pertechnetate Meckel's scan:
 
99m-Tc pertechnetate Meckel's scan.   99m-Tc pertechnetate Meckel's scan.
 
99m-Tc labeled RBC GI bleed study:
 
99m-Tc labeled RBC GI bleed study.   99m-Tc labeled RBC GI bleed study.
 
LAO (left) and RAO (right) images:
 
LAO (left) and RAO (right) images.   LAO (left) and RAO (right) images.
 
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