Role of scintigraphy in inflammatory bowel disease

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2009; 15(22): 2693-2700
Published online Jun 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2693

Table 2 Summary of published studies evaluating the use of Tc-99m (V) DMSA in IBD

Study	n	Study design	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
Lee et al[15]	62	Intestinal inflammation compared with colonoscopy	95	94
Koutroubakis et al[16]	76	Active and inactive IBD compared with colonoscopy	92	86
Stathaki et al[17]	23	Active IBD compared with Tc-99m HMPAO WBC and colonoscopy	84	NA

Citation: Stathaki MI, Koukouraki SI, Karkavitsas NS, Koutroubakis IE. Role of scintigraphy in inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(22): 2693-2700
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v15/i22/2693.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.15.2693