title: 111In-leukocyte imaging: intrasplenic abscesses.
abstract: A 52-year-old female patient was routinely referred for an indium-111 white-cell scan due to elevated white blood cell count after mitral-valve replacement. A scan with technetium-99m tin colloid was also performed, and the resulting subtraction image showed two areas of white-cell accumulation within the spleen which were presumed to be abscesses. This was confirmed at postmortem examination.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D007962:Leukocytes; D008875:Middle Aged; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D014001:Tin; D017971:Tin Compounds
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D017971:Tin Compounds; C033493:technetium Tc 99m tin colloid; D007204:Indium; D013667:Technetium; D014001:Tin