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

Table 1
False Positive Studies
 
Ectopic Gastric Mucosa   Focal Small Bowel Pathology Neoplastic Lesions
  Tongue     Intussusception   Leiomyosarcoma
  Submaxillary gland     Volvulus   Carcinoid of the ileum
  Esophagus     Small bowel obstruction   Hemangioma
  Duodenum     Appendicitis   A-V malformation
  Gallbladder     Crohn's disease   Colon carcinoma
  Cystic Duct     Abdominal abscess   Jejunal neurinoma
  Pancreas     Regional enteritis   Small bowel lymphoma
  Jejunum     Constipation   Uterine blood pooling ("blush")
  Small bowel duplication          
  Duplication cyst of the ileum          
  Colon          
  Bladder          
             
Genitourinary Causes   Technique    
  Extrarenal pelvis     Lack of nasogastric suction    
  Ectopic kidney     Laxative use    
  Vesicoureteral reflux     Endoscopy    
  Ureteral obstruction          
  Urinary tract diverticulum          
  Uterine blood pooling ("blush")          
  Uterine fibroids          
           

 

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