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THE SCINTIGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF SPLENIC CYSTS
Author(s) -
ADISESHAN N.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb07299.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vascularity , spleen , splenic infarction , lesion , radiology , cyst , pathology
In four patients, each of whom had a different type of splenic cyst, 99m Tc‐sulphur colloid images revealed non‐specific, intrasplenic “cold” lesions. The rim of splenic tissue surrounding the cyst was incomplete in three out of four patients and caused appearances similar to those of splenic infarction. Repeat spleen imaging with 99m Tc‐RBC revealed an additional cyst in one out of four patients. 113m lndium blood pool images provided preoperative information on lesion vascularity. The scintigraphic diagnosis of splenic cysts should ideally combine 99m To‐sulphur colloid imaging, 99m Tc‐RBC imaging, and 113m lndium blood pool imaging.