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Abdominal scintigram showing a peritoneal leak in a peritoneal dialysis patient

Abdominal scintigram showing a peritoneal leak in a peritoneal dialysis patient
(A) Fifteen-minute activity within the peritoneal cavity. At two hours (B and C), leakage of dialysate occurs into the mid-lower anterior abdominal wall. Small leakage into the scrotum (D) at two hours is also demonstrable with high-intensity scintiphoto.
P: pubis; S: scrotum.
Reproduced with permission from: Walker JV, Fish MB. Scintigraphic detection of abdominal wall and diaphragmatic peritoneal leaks in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. J Nucl Med 1988; 29:1596. Copyright © 1988 Society of Nuclear Medicine.
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