Inferior mesenteric varix demonstrated by 99mTc-red blood cell gastrointestinal bleeding study

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-166

  Yoshikai, Tomonori ^a,c   Yokomizo, Yu ^a   Iwashita, Ikuko ^a   Okada, Yasuhiro ^a   Koga, Hirofumi ^a,b   Kudo, Sho ^c  

^a FUKUOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Inferior mesenteric varix; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0030862851     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03164828     Document Type: Article

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