Splenic scintigraphy—reloaded: Pulmonary and pleural lesions proven to be splenosis by heat-damaged erythrocyte scintigraphy

Irina Wimmer, MD; Anton Staudenherz, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Dec 2022)

Splenic scintigraphy—reloaded: Pulmonary and pleural lesions proven to be splenosis by heat-damaged erythrocyte scintigraphy

Irina Wimmer, MD,
Anton Staudenherz, MD

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Irina Wimmer, MD: Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, Krems, 3500, Austria; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Imaging and Special Endocrinology, University Hospital St. Pölten, Dunant-Platz 1, St. Poelten, 3100, Austria
Anton Staudenherz, MD: Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, Krems, 3500, Austria; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Imaging and Special Endocrinology, University Hospital St. Pölten, Dunant-Platz 1, St. Poelten, 3100, Austria; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 12
pp. 4466 – 4469

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We report the case of a 60-year-old patient whose computed tomography revealed multiple pleural foci that were classified as potentially malignant. After revealing traumatic splenectomy in the patient's history, the differential diagnosis of splenosis was considered and a 99m-techentium heat-damaged autologous red blood cells scintigraphy performed. This conventional method can be used to reliably make an exact diagnosis avoiding more expensive or invasive methods.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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