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The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
Nuclear Imaging of Meckel's Diverticulum: A Pictorial Essay of Pitfalls

Intussusception

This is an MN-3 study, which uses Tc-99m labeled antigranulocyte monoclonal antibody for the evaluation of atypical appendicitis. This patient presented with right lower qudrant pain. Surgical correlation showed that the increased focal tracer activity turned out to be an intussusception from a Meckel's diverticulum.

 
3-D reconstruction cine-loop shows increased tracer activity in the right lower quadrant:
 
 
 
     

 
Static delayed images:
 
   
     
 
SPECT images (arrows show increased tracer activity at site of abnormality):
 
     
 
 
     
 
 

 

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