Increased activity on radiocolloid scintigraphy in splenic hamartoma

Clin Nucl Med. 1990 Feb;15(2):112-5. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199002000-00012.

Abstract

A higher uptake of radiocolloid in a splenic tumor than in the rest of the spleen was observed in a 17-year-old boy. The pathologic diagnosis of the surgically resected tumor was hamartoma composed of anomalous mixtures of splenic elements, and radiocolloid was considered to be distributed to reticuloendothelial cells in the tumor. Radiocolloid scintigraphy, which can demonstrate the function of the reticuloendothelial system, is helpful in the diagnosis of splenic hamartoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Colloids
  • Hamartoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Phytic Acid
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Splenic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Colloids
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • technetium Tc 99m stannous phytate
  • Phytic Acid