title: Natural resolution of splenic injury as assessed by scintiscanning.
abstract: Two patients with suspected splenic injury following blunt external trauma are presented. Neither underwent splenectomy, and the changes on serial radioisotope scans provided a useful guide by which to assess the resolution of the splenic injury.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium