RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Carcinoid Tumor of the Small Bowel as a Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Case Report
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 13
OP 14
VO 20
IS 1
A1 Ebersole, Carol J.
A1 Toney, Morakinyo Oyewole
A1 Kyser, Perry L.
A1 Heironimus, James D.
YR 1992
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/20/1/13.abstract
AB The presence of a carcinoid tumor as a cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding is rare and to our knowledge only 16 detailed cases have been reported in the medical literature to date (1– 3). We report an unusual case in which carcinoid tumor was the cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding and in which upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, and mesenteric arteriography failed to detect the source of bleeding. A diagnosis of lower gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to carcinoid tumor was made following in vitro scintigraphy with technetium-99m labeled red blood cells and enterocolysis.