Nucl Med Mol Imaging.
2021 Feb;55(1):46-47. 10.1007/s13139-020-00678-z.
99mTc-HSA-DTPA Scintigraphy of Protein-Losing Gastroenteropathy Associated with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Before and After Immunosuppressive Therapy
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- 1Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan
- 2Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa, Japan
- KMID: 2512968
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-020-00678-z
Abstract
- We present a female in her sixties with mixed connective tissue disease who underwent 99mTc-human serum albumin diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid ( 99mTc-HSA-DTPA) scintigraphy to clarify the cause of generalized edema. Scintigraphy findings directed the diagnosis to protein-losing gastroenteropathy. Various disorders are known to be associated with proteinlosing gastroenteropathy; however, mixed connective tissue disease is a rare cause. 99mTc-HSA-DTPA scintigraphy is helpful in the diagnosis and following the response to therapy of protein-losing gastroenteropathy.
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