[Utility of Tc-99m labeled heat-denatured red blood cell scintigraphy in a case of hepatic splenosis].
The term splenosis, first used in the medical literature in 1939, refers to the autotransplantation of splenic tissue in a heterotopic location. We report the case of a known hepatitis C carrier in whom computed tomography scanning revealed a hepatic lesion suggestive of hepatocarcinoma. Magnetic Resonance imaging was performed for suspected hepatic splenosis, which was confirmed by Tc-99m labeled heat-denatured red blood cell scintigraphy. In addition to confirming the suspected diagnosis, this technique showed several pathological foci in distinct abdominal locations compatible with splenosis that had not previously been identified.
Martínez Del Valle Torres
M D
MD
Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain. mariad.martinezvalle.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
Ortega Lozano
S J
SJ
Jiménez-Hoyuela García
J M
JM
Delgado García
A
A
Gavilán Carrasco
J C
JC
Bermúdez Recio
F J
FJ
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