RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Unusual Liver-Spleen Scan Findings
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 81
OP 82
VO 19
IS 2
A1 Majmundar, Haresh
A1 Chrys, Royce A.
A1 Braunstein, Phillip
YR 1991
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/19/2/81.abstract
AB Radioisotope scintigraphy is a widely used procedure for the evaluation of various forms of liver disease. It provides information regarding the size, shape, and position of the liver, as well as identification of any space-occupying lesions of the liver or spleen (1–4,6–8). The amount of radiocolloid clearance in liver, spleen and bone marrow depends on the distribution of radioactivity in reticuloendothelial (RE) tissue, the degree of liver disease and its effect on relative blood flow (1,9,10). We present an unusual liver-spleen scan demonstrating delayed clearance of blood-pool activity due to portal hypertension and consequent severe RE shift to spleen and bone marrow (1,5,11–13).