Radionuclide diagnosis of splenic rupture in infectious mononucleosis.
Spontaneous splenic rupture is a rare but serious complication of infectious mononucleosis. Although radionuclide spleen imaging is a well accepted method for diagnosis of traumatic rupture, interpretation can be difficult in the setting of mononucleosis, as tears may be ill-defined and diagnosis hampered by inhomogeneous splenic uptake. Four proven cases of spontaneous rupture are presented, three of which illustrate these diagnostic problems.
D000328:Adult; D003102:Colloids; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
D003102:Colloids; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium