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Spleen

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Pediatric Nuclear Medicine

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After the liver, the spleen is the next major site of phagocytosis. This function of the spleen causes the organ to take up intravenously administered tech-netium-99m (Tc-99m) sulfur colloid. In addition, the spleen is the principal site for red cell sequestration. As a consequence, selective splenic imaging is possible after intravenous administration of Tc-99m heat-damaged red blood cells.

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Treves, S.T. (1985). Spleen. In: Pediatric Nuclear Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1874-4_8

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