Diagnosis of splenosis: the advantages of splenic scintiscanning with Tc 99m heat-damaged red blood cells.
We present one case of peritoneal splenosis, which was not confirmed by the splenic scintiscan with 99mTc-sulphur colloid, but whose diagnosis, carried out during a second scintiscan with 99mTc-heat-damaged RBC, was confirmed by laparotomy and histology. This case confirms that, for the diagnosis of splenosis, heat-damaged RBC scintigraphy must be used rather than either sulphur colloid scintigraphy or computed-tomography.
D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen; D013667:Technetium; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013667:Technetium