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Laparoscopy as a cause of a false-positive Meckel's scan CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE McKevitt, E. C., Baerg, J. E., Nadel, H. R., Webber, E. M. 1999; 24 (2): 102–4

Abstract

A new cause of a false-positive result of a Meckel's scan is reported. An 11-year-old girl had a 3-week history of constant right lower quadrant pain that was initially managed by laparoscopic appendectomy. A repeated laparoscopy for persistent pain was nondiagnostic. A missed Meckel's diverticulum was considered as the cause of this pain, which prompted a Meckel scan. This scan revealed a periumbilical focus of activity that was interpreted as a Meckel's diverticulum attached to the anterior abdominal wall by a band. The laparotomy showed no Meckel's diverticulum. The false-positive result of the Meckel scan may be the result of inflammation from the periumbilical laparoscopic port site.

View details for DOI 10.1097/00003072-199902000-00005

View details for Web of Science ID 000078322600005

View details for PubMedID 9988066