Abdominal and hepatic uptake of /sup 99m/Tc-pyrophosphate in neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis
Abdominal /sup 99m/Tc-pyrophosphate (/sup 99m/Tc-PYP) scans were obtained in 15 neonates: 12 with neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), two with osteomyelitis, and one with myocarditis. Ten of the babies with NEC had at least one positive scan; of these 10 studies, seven (Group A) showed both diffuse abdominal uptake and localized hepatic activity, two (Group B) showed abdominal uptake and questionable hepatic uptake, and one (Group C) demonstrated diffuse abdominal uptake only. The other two babies with NEC had normal scans (Group D). All NEC patients had normal scans. A patient with myocarditis had hepatic uptake of /sup 99m/Tc-PYP while the abdominal scan in the two infants with osteomyelitis was normal. These preliminary observations suggest that further study of a relationship between abdominal scan findings and the course of NEC is warranted.
- Research Organization:
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT
- OSTI ID:
- 6396217
- Journal Information:
- Radiology; (United States), Vol. 139:1; Conference: 67. scientific assembly and annual meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, 15 Nov 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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LIVER
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INFANTS
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
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GLANDS
HEART
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MUSCLES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
SKELETAL DISEASES
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
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