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FIGURE 4. Meckel's diverticulum scintigraphy performed on 2-y-old boy with intermittent bleeding (bright red blood) and no other accompanying symptom. Sequential images obtained after injection of 99mTc-pertechnetate show obvious accumulation of radioactivity in right lower paraumbilical region, consistent with most frequent location of Meckel's diverticulum. Time-course pattern of radioactivity accumulation in possible Meckel's diverticulum mirrors pattern of tracer concentration in gastric region. Diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum was confirmed at surgery, which was followed by complete disappearance of gastrointestinal bleeding. (Courtesy of Drs. Pham Thi Minh Bao and Le Ngoc Ha, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tran Hung Dao General Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.)
