SPLENIC HAMARTOMA PRESENTING AS A HOT-SPOT ON TC-99M PHYTATE SPECT IMAGING

Authors
SHIMUZU K SUGA K MATSUNAGA N KUME N NISHIGAUCHI K HONJO K YONESHIRO S
Citation
K. Shimuzu et al., SPLENIC HAMARTOMA PRESENTING AS A HOT-SPOT ON TC-99M PHYTATE SPECT IMAGING, Clinical nuclear medicine, 23(6), 1998, pp. 370-373
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical nuclear medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03639762
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
370 - 373
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-9762(1998)23:6<370:SHPAAH>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The cases of two patients with surgically proven splenic hamartomas wi th ''hot spots'' on Tc-99m phytate SPECT imaging are presented. There was intense radiocolloid accumulation in the peripheral portion of a l arge single tumor in one patient, and in each of three isolated tumors in the other patient. The intense uptake might be related to the func tion of proliferated reticuloendothelial cells in the tumors. These un ique findings were not clearly identified on the planar images.