View source for 45. Nuclear medicine examinations in gastroenterology.

* Liver scintigraphy
** '''99mTc-Fyton'''
*** Phagocytosed by Kuppfer cells
** Focal defect shows the lesion
** + SPECT/CT
** Indications
*** Tumor
*** Metastasis
*** Haemangioma
*** Focal nodular hyperplasia
* Liver blood-pool scintigraphy
** '''99mTc-pyrophosphate-labeled RBCs'''
*** '''Accumulates in blood-pools in haemangioma'''
** + SPECT/CT
** Haemangioma is shown by focal increased activity
* Hepatobiliary scintigraphy/HIDA scan
** '''99mTc-HIDA'''
*** HIDA = Hepatic IDA
*** Is excreted by the liver into the bile duct
** Examine liver excretion function and function of gallbladder
** Indications
*** Bile excretion disorders
*** Gallbladder disorders
*** Bile tree disorders
* PET/CT in GI tract
** 18F-FDG
** Indications
*** Oesophagus carcinoma
*** Colorectal cancer
*** Other GI cancers
* Oesophagus scintigraphy
** '''99mTc-DTPA'''
*** Patient eats it with a meal
** Indications
*** Motility failures of oesophagus or stomach, stenoses

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