title: Splenic hamartoma presenting as a "hot spot" on Tc-99m phytate SPECT imaging.
abstract: The cases of two patients with surgically proven splenic hamartomas with "hot spots" on Tc-99m phytate SPECT imaging are presented. There was intense radiocolloid accumulation in the peripheral portion of a large single tumor in one patient, and in each of three isolated tumors in the other patient. The intense uptake might be related to the function of proliferated reticuloendothelial cells in the tumors. These unique findings were not clearly identified on the planar images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimuzu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kume
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishigauchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Honjo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoneshiro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010833:Phytic Acid; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C026177:technetium phytate; D010833:Phytic Acid