Increased activity on radiocolloid scintigraphy in splenic hamartoma.
A higher uptake of radiocolloid in a splenic tumor than in the rest of the spleen was observed in a 17-year-old boy. The pathologic diagnosis of the surgically resected tumor was hamartoma composed of anomalous mixtures of splenic elements, and radiocolloid was considered to be distributed to reticuloendothelial cells in the tumor. Radiocolloid scintigraphy, which can demonstrate the function of the reticuloendothelial system, is helpful in the diagnosis of splenic hamartoma.
Okada
J
J
Department of Radiology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Japan.
Yoshikawa
K
K
Uno
K
K
Arimizu
N
N
Gotou
H
H
Ogata
S
S
Kashiwagi
Y
Y
Hasegawa
Y
Y
Tamaru
J
J
Mikata
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D003102:Colloids; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010833:Phytic Acid; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D003102:Colloids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C019099:technetium Tc 99m stannous phytate; D010833:Phytic Acid