[ $^{99m}Technetium-Heat$ ] Damaged Erythrocyte Spleen Scan

$^{99m}Technetium$-가열처리 적혈구에 의한 비장스캔

  • Choi, Chang-Woon (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Seok-Gun (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Chung, June-Key (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Myung-Chul (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Cho, Bo-Youn (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Koh, Chang-Soon (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Chung, Soon-Il (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University)
  • 최창운 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 박석건 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 정준기 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이명철 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 조보연 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 고창순 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 정순일 (경상대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Published : 1986.05.20

Abstract

[ $^{99m}Technetium-Heat$ ] damaged erythrocyte were used as spleen scanning agents in 12 patients from July, 1985 to April, 1986. We used this scan to evaluate situs inversus, asplenia, accessory spleen, hypersplenism, splenic infarction, tumor staging and evaluation of therapy, especially when the $^{99m}Tc-tin$ colloid scans were not definite for diagnosis. The techniques applied to these scans were in vivo/in vitro-labeling method and heating-method to damage the erythrocytes. Liver-to-spleen uptake ratios were increased upto 100 : 1 and interference from the left lobe of the liver was eliminated. These scans were helpful to evaluate the spleen.

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