Assessment of viable splenic tissue in massive splenic infarction with a Tc-99m heat-damaged RBC scan.
A 59-year-old man with essential thrombocytosis was examined for abdominal pain. Splenic infarction was diagnosed on a computed tomographic scan. The Tc-99m heat-denatured RBC scan showed viable splenic tissue that was not evident on the computed tomographic scan or Tc-99m sulfur colloid scintigraphy.
Hickeson
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Nuclear Medicine Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1.
Derbekyan
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Lisbona
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R
Novales-Diaz
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J
D004912:Erythrocytes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013667:Technetium; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013667:Technetium