Stromal Tumor Causing Small Intestinal Bleeding: Scintigraphic Localization

A radionuclide bleeding study was performed in a patient after several episodes of passage of blood per rectum. A focal area of active bleeding was noted in the distal ileum. Angiography confirmed this as the source of bleeding, and a stromal tumor of the ileum was surgically resected. The scintigra...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1999-03, Vol.24 (3), p.204-205
Main Authors: CHANDRAMOULY, BELUR S, WU, DAVID W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Erythrocytes
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - etiology
Humans
Ileal Neoplasms - complications
Ileal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Medical sciences
Radionuclide Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals
Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis
Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m
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Summary:A radionuclide bleeding study was performed in a patient after several episodes of passage of blood per rectum. A focal area of active bleeding was noted in the distal ileum. Angiography confirmed this as the source of bleeding, and a stromal tumor of the ileum was surgically resected. The scintigraphic study accurately detected a small intestinal-bleeding site that was not suspected clinically.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-199903000-00022