Nuklearmedizinische Untersuchungen in der Kinderchirurgie

bone scans, followed by 35 % on abdominal organs (liver and spleen, gastrointestinal bleeding, kidney, testes), 5 % on chest (Iung-scans, myocardial imaging) and 5 % on brain and cere brospinal fluid. The children were reported to scintigraphic studies for the following reasons: traumatic lesions, detection ofinflammatory lesions, tumours or malformations. The nuclear medicine technique not merely increased the number of radiographic examinations also but allowed a uni que opportunity to determine organ function and morphology simultaneously. Furthermore, the examinations involve low radiation exposure, can be performed quickly and require only little ofpatient's cooperation.