Technetium-99m Albumin Scintigraphy in Protein-Losing Gastroenteropathy With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Typical Diagnostic Pattern of Radiotracer Leakage and Chronological Improvement by Treatment

J Clin Rheumatol. 2017 Jan;23(1):41-42. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000482.

Authors

Akira Nishino¹, Masanori Hanaoka, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Hisashi Yamanaka

Affiliation

¹ From the Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 28002156
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000482

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Gastrointestinal Tract* / diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Tract* / pathology
Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage*
Humans
Hypoalbuminemia* / diagnosis
Hypoalbuminemia* / etiology
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic* / complications
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic* / diagnosis
Male
Protein-Losing Enteropathies* / complications
Protein-Losing Enteropathies* / diagnosis
Radionuclide Imaging / methods*
Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin