title: Detection of noncalcified splenic hemangioma by radionuclide bone scan.
abstract: Incidental accumulation of bone-scanning agents in a noncalcified splenic hemangioma was observed on a bone scan performed for staging carcinoma of the prostate in a 68-yr-old man. This entity may be considered in the gamut of splenic activity on bone scans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, Connecticut 06856.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate