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Imaging of Meckel's Diverticulum: A Pictorial Essay of Pitfalls
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False
Negative Studies |
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| Lack of Adequate Gastric Mucosa | Impaired Vascular Supply | |||||
| Absent gastric mucosa | Intussusception | |||||
| Insufficient gastric mucosa | Obstruction | |||||
| Hemorrhage and Dilution | Technique | |||||
| Dilution of radioactivity in small bowel | Lack of pharmacologic intervention | |||||
| Pentagastrin | ||||||
| Cimetidine | ||||||
| Glucagon | ||||||
| Inadequate timing of imaging | ||||||
| Use of potassium perchlorate | ||||||
| Use of atropine | ||||||
| Aluminum hydroxide ingestion | ||||||
| Overlapping organs | ||||||
| Insufficient radioisotope | ||||||
