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Peritoneo-scrotal communication: demonstration by 99mtechnetium sulphur colloid scintigraphy.

Bhattacharya A, Mittal BR

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. shalmoli@glide.net.in

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is a widely used and convenient alternative to haemodialysis in patients with renal failure. Occasionally, a scrotal swelling may develop during this procedure because of fluid passing through a patent processus vaginalis. We present a case report to illustrate the diagnostic use of radionuclide scintigraphy in this group of patients.

Published 19 July 2005 in Australas Radiol, 49(4): 335-7.
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