title: Splenic accumulation of 99mTc-diphosphonate in a patient with sickle cell disease: case report.
abstract: Splenic accumulation of 99mTc-diphosphonate is shown in the bone scan of a patient with sickle cell disease. This uptake is assumed to result from splenic infarction and subsequent calcification. The conventional liver-spleen scan with 99mTc-sulfur colloid shows no splenic activity, and a radiograph shows calcification in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen in the expected anatomic location of the spleen.
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D013667:Technetium