The place of liver-spleen scanning in the workup of giant secondary cysts of the spleen.
An unusual, benign lesion of the spleen, the giant secondary cyst can be diagnosed by many imaging modalities, but the most helpful single test may be the liver-spleen scan. This study allows intelligent preoperative planning and postoperative assessment when splenic salvage is contemplated. Two cases illustrate this point.
D000293:Adolescent; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology