PEDIATRICS Vol. 60 No. 6 December 1977, pp. 940
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Drs. Conway and Grossman Reply

James Conway M.D.1 and Herman Grossman M.D.1

1 Committee on Radiology, American Academy of Pediatrics

I have performed a comprehensive review of the use of radionucides for Meckel's diverticulum detection and this was reported to the Society of Nuclear Medicine at their 23rd annual meeting in June 1976. An abstract of that presentation has been published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Currently, there are approximately 35 articles in the world literature which generally attest to the efficacy of this procedure, particularly when compared to roentgenographic techniques. In our report, which was collated from those surgically proven cases reported in the literature and approximately ten pediatric institutions, there was an accuracy of 78%.