TY - JOUR
T1 - Misleading thoracic Ga-67 uptake caused by splenic displacement
AU - Bernstine, Hanna
AU - Bar-Sever, Zvi
AU - Cohen, Maya
AU - Hardoff, Ruth
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The spleen is not fixed to its surroundings. Its position may be changed by gastric and colon dilatation, abdominal masses, and abnormalities in the position or structural integrity of the diaphragm. Splenic displacement can also be congenital. The authors describe a patient with fever of unknown origin, in whom Ga-67 localization in the lower left thorax was initially thought to represent lung infection, but was, in fact, a displaced spleen. Splenic displacement should be considered in the differential diagnosis when Ga-67 localization in the left lower thorax is observed.
AB - The spleen is not fixed to its surroundings. Its position may be changed by gastric and colon dilatation, abdominal masses, and abnormalities in the position or structural integrity of the diaphragm. Splenic displacement can also be congenital. The authors describe a patient with fever of unknown origin, in whom Ga-67 localization in the lower left thorax was initially thought to represent lung infection, but was, in fact, a displaced spleen. Splenic displacement should be considered in the differential diagnosis when Ga-67 localization in the left lower thorax is observed.
KW - Ga-67 Scintigraphy
KW - Splenic Displacement
KW - Thoracic Ga-67 Uptake
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035135684&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00003072-200102000-00012
DO - 10.1097/00003072-200102000-00012
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AN - SCOPUS:0035135684
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 26
SP - 147
EP - 148
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 2
ER -