RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Gastric-Emptying Scintigraphy of Type III Hiatal Hernia: A Case Report
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 83
OP 85
VO 33
IS 2
A1 Wei-Jen Shih
A1 Primo P. Milan
YR 2005
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/33/2/83.abstract
AB We present the case of a 76-y-old man with mixed (type III) paraesophageal hernia confirmed by endoscopy and CT of the chest who underwent a radionuclide gastric-emptying study that showed accumulation of the radiotracer in the herniated stomach and esophagus in the thorax and accelerated gastric emptying. A scintigraphic gastric-emptying study may be an option for noninvasively demonstrating gastroesophageal accumulation of tracer in patients with hiatal hernia.