title: Giant splenic hemangioma: confirmation of diagnosis with labeled erythrocyte scintigraphy
abstract: PURPOSE: To assess the use of a Tc-99m erythrocyte-labeled SPECT scan to characterize a giant splenic hemangioma. METHODS: A patient clinically mistaken to have a myelodysplastic disorder underwent a contrast-enhanced CT followed by a Tc-99m erythrocyte-labeled SPECT scan. RESULTS: CT showed a heterogeneous vascular lesion arising in the spleen. Percutaneous biopsy was nondiagnostic. A Tc-99m erythrocyte-labeled SPECT study revealed findings consistent with a giant splenic hemangioma, which was subsequently confirmed at surgery. CONCLUSION: A Tc-99m erythrocyte-labeled SPECT scan may be very useful in confirming the diagnosis of a large or giant splenic hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York 11501, USA.
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Licht
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goffner
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yung
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hon
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Katz