Attempts at clarification of splenic visualization on reticuloendothelial images: Tc-99m DISIDA compared with heat- denatured Tc-99m RBC imaging.
Four patients with enlarged left hepatic lobes and questionable or difficult splenic visualization on Tc-99m sulphur colloid (SC) images were further examined with additional radionuclide procedures. All four patients had Tc-99m DISIDA imaging, and three of them also had heat-denatured Tc-99m RBC imaging. The hepatobiliary images appear very effective in confirming postsplenectomy expanded enlargement of the left lobe of the liver and in refuting the presence of spleen in such cases. However, distinct visualization of the spleen in these patients can be achieved only through selective spleen imaging with heat-damaged red cells.
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Department of Radiology, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn-Kings County Hospital Center, New York 11203.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
D007098:Imino Acids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin