Abdominal nuclear medicine emergencies

Qiang Wan, MD and David H. Lewis, MD

View content online at: http://www.appliedradiology.com/Issues/2006/02/Articles/Abdominal-nuclear-medicine-emergencies.aspx

Abstract:  Currently, abdominal emergency nuclear medicine includes GI bleeding scintigraphy, technetium-99m scanning for acute appendicitis, hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid scanning for acute cholecystitis, and renal scanning for acute collecting system obstruction. Nuclear imaging can play a complementary role to traditional radiologic imaging. The authors review the indications for, benefits of, and procedures for these nuclear scanning applications.
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