Open AccessIntravenous blood pool activity masquerading as gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Author(s) -
Scott Fleming,
Andrew M. Keenan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1607-3312
pISSN - 1450-1147
DOI - 10.4103/wjnm.wjnm_28_19
Subject(s) - medicine , scintigraphy , radionuclide imaging , red blood cell , radiology , blood supply , nuclear medicine , pathology , surgery
Radiolabeled red blood cell (RBC) scintigraphy is a common study to detect and localize gastrointestinal hemorrhage. There are many potential entities that may result in false-positive RBC scintigraphy. Here, we present a case of enlarged feeding vessels of omental carcinomatosis which scintigraphically might be mistaken as intraluminal bowel activity and thus active hemorrhage. This case highlights the importance of reviewing correlative imaging in patients with a large neoplastic burden.