Heat-Damaged RBC Scan: A Case of Intrahepatic Splenosis. (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tamm, Alexander; Decker, Martha; Hoskinson, Michael; Abele, Jonathan; Patel, Vimal
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 40:Number 5(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: splenosis -- heat-damaged RBC scintigraphy -- MRI; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000701
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Intrahepatic splenosis results from autotransplantation of splenic tissue within the liver, usually after splenic trauma or splenectomy. We present a case of a 43-year-old male patient with an incidental liver lesion discovered on abdominal ultrasound. The diagnosis of intrahepatic splenosis was considered after CT and MRI before being definitively made with 99m Tc-labeled heat-damaged RBC scintigraphy. The case report illustrates the imaging characteristics of this rare location of abdominal splenosis.