Open AccessWandering Meckel′s diverticulum on 99m technetium-pertechnetate scintigraphy: A diagnostic dilemma?
Author(s) -
Maseeh uz Zaman,
Nosheen Fatima,
Unaiza Zaman,
Zafar Sajjad
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.125767
Subject(s) - medicine , scintigraphy , meckel's diverticulum , pertechnetate , technetium , nuclear medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , diverticulum (mollusc) , radiology
Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most common gastrointestinal anomaly with heterotopic mucosa in 60% of cases. 99m technetium-pertechnetate scintigraphy is a sensitive tool for detection of MD containing heterotopic gastric mucosa. It is usually located in the right lower quadrant or umbilical region and less frequently in other quadrants. A mobile or wandering MD is a rare clinical presentation and may pose a diagnostic dilemma. However, presence of temporal correlation with gastric activity and compactness of focus during wandering period could make this riddle easy.