Intrathoracic splenosis: superiority of technetium Tc 99m heat-damaged RBC imaging.
Intrathoracic splenosis is a rare diagnosis that is usually made following an invasive procedure. Although radiographic and CT findings are nonspecific, these findings combined with a history of splenic injury should suggest the possibility of this diagnosis. We present a patient with intrathoracic splenosis diagnosed on the basis of a technetium Tc 99m heat-damaged RBC scan following false-negative technetium Tc 99m sulfur colloid scan results.
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Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA.
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Meyer
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D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000601:surgery*; D017890:Splenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013667:Technetium; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013667:Technetium