Detection of noncalcified splenic hemangioma by radionuclide bone scan.
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.
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Department of Radiology, Norwalk Hospital, Connecticut 06856.
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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*
C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate