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Meckel's Diverticulum: Demonstration of Heterotopic Gastric Mucosa with Technetium-99m-Pertechnetate SPECT

Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Correspondence: For correspondence or reprints contact: Leonard P. Connolly, MD, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115.

ABSTRACT

Demonstration of functioning heterotopic gastric mucosa with ^99mTc-pertechnetate SPECT is reported. Abnormal tracer uptake was shown conclusively with SPECT but not with planar imaging. When a Meckel's diverticulum is suspected, we suggest SPECT be performed if the results of planar scintigraphy are equivocal and that it be considered if there is a high clinical suspicion and planar imaging is normal.

Key Words: Meckel's diverticulum • SPECT • technetium-99m-pertechnetate

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