Splenosis Mimicking Lymphoma Relapse Confirmed by 18F-FDG PET/CT and Tc-99m Nano-colloid Scintigraphy Thirty Years After Splenectomy for Trauma
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Splenosis Mimicking Lymphoma Relapse Confirmed by 18F-FDG PET/CT and Tc-99m Nano-colloid Scintigraphy Thirty Years After Splenectomy for Trauma

Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2019;28(1):38-40 DOI: 10.4274/mirt.galenos.2018.44227
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Abstract

Splenosis is implantation of the splenic tissue in the abdominal region or elsewhere in the body as a consequence of trauma or splenectomy, which might mimic intra-abdominal involvement of several malignancies. This case report presents a patient with abdominal implants without 18F-FDG accumulation confirmed to be splenosis by Tc-99m nano-coloid scintigraphy.

Keywords: Splenosis, nano-colloid, FDG, PET, lymphoma

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