title: Assessment of viable splenic tissue in massive splenic infarction with a Tc-99m heat-damaged RBC scan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hickeson
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Derbekyan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lisbona
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Novales-Diaz
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013667:Technetium