Measurement of spleen size using gamma camera scintigraphy in essential thrombocythaemia.

• By using gamma camera imaging the spleen size was determined in 33 consecutive patients with essential thrombocythaemia (ET) and in 33 consecutive patients with reactive thrombocytosis (RT). All ET patients were newly diagnosed and had not received myelosuppressive treatment prior to study; they all fulfilled the criteria for ET as established by the Polycythemia Vera Study Group. In both posterior and lateral projections, the spleen area in the group of ET patients was significantly larger than in the RT patients. The present study has shown that 39% of ET patients at diagnosis have splenic enlargement. Evaluation of spleen size is therefore a useful diagnostic test in patients presenting with unexplained thrombocytosis.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine (hsv//eng)

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Adult

Aged

Aged

80 and over

Female

Humans

Male

Middle Aged

Reference Values

Spleen

pathology

radionuclide imaging

Technetium Compounds

diagnostic use

Thrombocythemia

Essential

pathology

radionuclide imaging

Tin Compounds

diagnostic use

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