A case of diaphragm hernia containing accessory spleen and great omentum detected by Tc-99m phytate scintigraphy.
A rare case of diaphragm hernia containing an accessory spleen and great omentum is reported. Tc-99m phytate SPECT showed tracer accumulation in the accessory spleen and was useful in the evaluation of the disease.
Ohta
H
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Department of Laboratories, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Kohno
K
K
Kojima
N
N
Ihara
N
N
Ishigaki
T
T
Todo
G
G
Komibuchi
T
T
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009852:Omentum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010833:Phytic Acid; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C026177:technetium phytate; D010833:Phytic Acid