Life-threatening hemorrhage of an unanticipated superficial circumflex iliac artery origin imaged with Tc-99m-labeled erythrocytes

Citation
S. Passarell et al., Life-threatening hemorrhage of an unanticipated superficial circumflex iliac artery origin imaged with Tc-99m-labeled erythrocytes, CLIN NUCL M, 25(6), 2000, pp. 427-430
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging
Journal title
CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ISSN journal
03639762 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
427 - 430
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-9762(200006)25:6<427:LHOAUS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The authors report, for the first time, the nuclear medicine diagnosis of e xtraperitoneal bleeding that originated from the superficial circumflex ili ac artery and review the critical role of dynamic nuclear imaging technique s in the localization of sites of nonenteric hemorrhage, Dynamic imaging te chniques using Tc-99m-labeled erythrocytes played a critical role in the lo calization of an extraperitoneal bleeding site near the entrance site of a Jackson-Pratt drain, Localization of the site remained undiagnosed before n uclear imaging despite two exploratory laparotomies and diagnostic angiogra phy.