Intra-abdominal splenosis: how clinical history and imaging features averted an invasive procedure for tissue diagnosis.
A 47-year-old man with a past history of splenectomy was referred for biopsy of a liver lesion. A subsequent (99m)technetium heat-damaged red cell scan helped make the diagnosis of splenosis and averted a biopsy procedure.
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Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia. e.lui@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D013156:Splenectomy; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000601:surgery; D017890:Splenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed