''Hot'' spleen on Tc-99m sulfur colloid images

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198306000-00001· OSTI ID:5534015

Lin, D S

In routine Tc-99m sulfur colloid (SC) liver-spleen imaging, relatively increased splenic uptake when compared with liver uptake is frequently seen. Commonly this is due to decreased hepatic uptake secondary to liver disease, but often it is because of increased uptake in the hyperfunctioning spleen. Reported is a case of lymphoma of the tonsil, with a ''hot'' spleen which was free of tumor. Possible etiology of the ''hot'' spleen is discussed and the known causes listed according to their prevalence.

• Research Organization: Radiology Department, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
• OSTI ID: 5534015
• Journal Information: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 8:6; ISSN CNMED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION
BODY
COLLOIDS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES
DISEASES
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
GLANDS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
IMAGES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIVER
LIVER CIRRHOSIS
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
LYMPHOMAS
MALES
MAMMALS
MAN
NEOPLASMS
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PRIMATES
RADIOCOLLOIDS
RADIOISOTOPES
SPLEEN
STIMULATION
SULFUR
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
UPTAKE
VERTEBRATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES