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

Paulo Schiavom Duarte; Hongming Zhuang; Flavia Aldighieri; Nasrin Ghesani; Abass Alavi

doi:10.1097/00003072-200211000-00023

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

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

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Abstract

A 79-year-old man with dark stools underwent gastrointestinal scintigraphy with Tc-99m-labeled erythrocytes. Although no bleeding site was identified during the 60-minute study, a focus of persistent radioactive accumulation was observed throughout the study in the distal abdominal aorta. Clinical follow-up revealed that this focus was a previously undiagnosed abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	824
Number of pages	1
Journal	Clinical nuclear medicine
Volume	27
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-200211000-00023
State	Published - Nov 2002

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Gastrointestinal Bleeding Scan

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