Relationship between splenic size and splenic function.
The rate of clearance of 51Cr labelled heat-damaged red cells from the circulation has been compared with the dimensions of the posterior scan of the spleen in 79 cases including nine controls. A strong negative correlation was found between the clearance half-time and the parameters of the scan but, as there was a large variation about the regression line, in the assessment of hyposplenism determination of the rate of clearance of heat-damaged red cells cannot be replaced by the easier determination of spleen size by scanning.
D004905:Erythrocyte Aging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*