Splenic hamartoma presenting as a 'hot spot' on Tc-99m phytate SPECT imaging

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 370-373

  Shimuzu, Kensaku ^a   Suga, Kazuyoshi ^a   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^a   Kume, Norihiko ^a   Nishigauchi, Kazuya ^a   Honjo, Kazumitsu ^a   Yoneshiro, Shigeru ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

SPECT; Splenic Hamartoma; Tc 99m phytate

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PHYTIC ACID; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031810601     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199806000-00007     Document Type: Article

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