Colloid gastric emptying with SPECT-CT after oesophagectomy
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Published:2023-04-15
Issue:05
Volume:73
Page:1140-1141
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ISSN:0030-9982
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Container-title:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
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Short-container-title:J Pak Med Assoc
Author:
Sana Munir Gill ,Mairah Razi
Abstract
Scintigraphic analysis of gastric motility uses the rate of gastric emptying by measuring radioactivity remaining in the stomach at pre-defined points in time. It helps to assess unresolved symptoms of functional gastrointestinal disorders such as gastroparesis. Delayed gastric emptying can occur in post-oesophagectomy patients. Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus is a common indication for oesophagectomy. In such patients presenting with post-prandial symptoms of bloating, nausea or vomiting, colloid scintigraphy can play a vital role in evaluation of their symptoms. We present an interesting image of a post-oesophagectomy patient with persistent gastric dilatation suspected of delayed gastric emptying
Keywords: Gastric emptying, Colloid scan, Esophagectomy, Squamous cell carcinoma
Publisher
Pakistan Medical Association