›› 2014, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (9): 885-.doi: 10.3969 j.issn.1000-3606.2014.09.021

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A comparative study of radionuclide imaging technique diagnosis and surgical results for Meckel's diverticulum in children

ZHANG Shuanghong1, WAN Shenghua1, GUAN Yanxing2, DENG Qingqiang1, YANG Wenping1, CHEN Qingjie2   

  1. 1. The Children's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, China; 2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, The First Affiliated Hopital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, China
  • Received:2014-09-15 Online:2014-09-15 Published:2014-09-15

Abstract: Objective To evaluate the accuracy of 99mTcO4- gastrointestinal imaging in the diagnosis of Meckel’s diverticulum in children. Methods The clinical data of 99mTcO4- imaging, surgery and pathological results of 95 children with gastrointestinal bleeding were retrospectively analyzed. Results Forty-four cases of 95 patients had positive finding of 99mTcO4- ectopic gastric mucous membrane imaging, and positive rate was 46.3%. In the positve cases 52.3% cases (23/44) were diagnosed of intestinal heterotopic gastric mucosa, 47.7% cases (21/44) were suspected of intestinal heterotopic gastric mucosa. The sex ratio (males to females) was 7.8:1. Thirty-seven positive cases underwent operation; among them, 35 cases were found to have Meckel’s diverticulum and 1 case had duplication of the digestive tract; Diverticulum lesion was not found in 1 case. The samples of 35 cases diagnosed surgically of Meckel’s diverticulum were examined by pathologic histology. All 35 cases were confirmed as Meckel’s diverticulum and ectopic gastric mucosa epithelium, including 2 cases with ulcer formation, 1 case with small patches of pancreatic tissue, 1 case with ileocecal junction of suppurative enteritis and 1 case with chronic appendicitis. Conclusions 99mTcO4- radionuclide imaging technique is of high value for the non-invasive diagnosis of children’s Meckel’s diverticulum.