Giant splenic hemangioma: confirmation of diagnosis with labeled erythrocyte scintigraphy

M Licht; L Goffner; E Yung; M Hon; DS Katz

Giant splenic hemangioma: confirmation of diagnosis with labeled erythrocyte scintigraphy

Clin Nucl Med. 1999 Oct;24(10):781-3.

Authors

M Licht¹, L Goffner, E Yung, M Hon, DS Katz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York 11501, USA.

PMID: 10512105

Abstract

PURPOSE: To assess the use of a Tc-99m erythrocyte-labeled SPECT scan to characterize a giant splenic hemangioma. METHODS: A patient clinically mistaken to have a myelodysplastic disorder underwent a contrast-enhanced CT followed by a Tc-99m erythrocyte-labeled SPECT scan. RESULTS: CT showed a heterogeneous vascular lesion arising in the spleen. Percutaneous biopsy was nondiagnostic. A Tc-99m erythrocyte-labeled SPECT study revealed findings consistent with a giant splenic hemangioma, which was subsequently confirmed at surgery. CONCLUSION: A Tc-99m erythrocyte-labeled SPECT scan may be very useful in confirming the diagnosis of a large or giant splenic hemangioma.