Technetium-99m serum albumin measurement of gastrointestinal protein loss in a subtotal gastrectomy patient with giant hypertrophic gastritis.
Clin Nucl Med
; 12(10): 773-6, 1987 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Gastrointestinal protein loss was measured using Tc-99m labeled human serum albumin in a patient with giant hypertrophic gastritis. Gastric secretion was aspirated via a nasogastric tube and measured for radioactivity after intravenous injection of Tc-99m albumin. Assessment of radioactivity of the collected gastric secretion yielded a total radiocount of 98.7 kilocounts per minute within 6 hours, which is equivalent to 1.1% of the total dose. Therefore, at least 1.1% of the circulating albumin was excreted into the gastric cavity within 6 hours, and, since simultaneous abdominal imaging did not demonstrate obvious accumulation of tracer in the gastrointestinal tract, protein loss was thought to be due to giant gastric rugae of the resected stomach. It was concluded that Tc-99m albumin is a valuable means for detection of the site of protein loss in patients with protein-losing gastroenteropathy. This method has several advantages in the clinical setting; it is less time consuming, easy to perform, and provides quantitative and qualitative assessment of protein loss.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pólipos
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Síndromes Pós-Gastrectomia
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Enteropatias Perdedoras de Proteínas
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Neoplasias Gástricas
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Gastrite
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Gastrite Hipertrófica
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Nucl Med
Ano de publicação:
1987
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão