Use of SPECT/CT to Confirm Inconclusive Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy Results. (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Henrichon, Stephen; Seltzer, Marc; Siegel, Alan
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 40:Number 6(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: gastric emptying scintigraphy -- SPECT/CT; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000777
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: A 70-year-old man with cramping, abdominal pain, and diarrhea for 5 months after revision of a Nissen fundoplication underwent further evaluation with solid gastric emptying scintigraphy. On sequential planar images, we were uncertain if activity was present within the stomach or within loops of small bowel. SPECT/CT performed at 4 hours was used to localize the tracer, confirming its presence within the stomach.