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Tc-99m Sulfur Colloid Scanning in Blunt Trauma: Detection of Abdominal Bleeding

Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Howard J. Bronfman, MD, Sect. of Nuclear Medicine, Holy Spirit Hospital, North 21st St., Camp Hill, PA 17011.

ABSTRACT

Tc-99m sulfur colloid scintigraphy can detect and locate active lower gastrointestinal bleeding. The same principles apply to the detection and location of active intra-abdominal or pelvic hemorrhage following blunt abdominal trauma. We report two patients with abdominal bleeding who were correctly diagnosed by this method. As part of the routine examination of all patients having Tc-99m sulfur colloid liver-spleen scans for trauma, 500,000-count images should be made of the rest of the abdomen and pelvis.