Handheld gamma probe localization of accessory splenic tissue in recurrent idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1112-1113

  Finkelde, D T ^a   Hicks, R J ^a   Wolf, M ^a   Henderson, M A ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M;

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SPLENECTOMY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033821946     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.9.1112     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Splenectomy for primary and recurrent immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP): Current criteria for patient selection and results
2. Heat-damaged red cell scan for intraoperative localization of the accessory spleen
3. Intraoperative scintigraphic localization and laparoscopic excision of accessory splenic tissue