Giant splenic hemangioma: Confirmation of diagnosis with labeled erythrocyte scintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 781-783

  Licht, Michele ^a   Goffner, Lori ^a,b   Yung, Elizabeth ^a,b   Hon, Man ^a,b   Katz, Douglas S ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte Scan; Hemangioma; Spleen

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0032855380     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199910000-00010     Document Type: Article

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