Laparoscopy as a cause of a false-positive Meckel's scan

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 102-104

  McKevitt, Elaine C ^a   Baerg, Joanne E ^a   Nadel, Helen R ^a,b   Webber, Eric M ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal Pain; Appendicitis; Laparoscopy; Meckel Scan; Meckel's Diverticulum

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; GLUCAGON; PENTAGASTRIN; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M;

EID: 0032941886     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199902000-00005     Document Type: Article

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