Incidental Detection of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm during Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Bleeding with Tc-99m-Tagged Erythrocytes

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 824-

  Duarte, Paulo Schiavom ^a   Zhuang, Hongming ^b   Aldighieri, Flavia ^a   Ghesani, Nasrin ^b   Alavi, Abass ^b  

^a Fleury   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm; Gastrointestinal Bleeding Scan

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MALE; AORTA RUPTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 18744404288     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200211000-00023     Document Type: Article

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