ACCURACY OR INACCURACY OF SPLEEN MASS MEASUREMENTS FROM RADIONUCLIDE IMAGES

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 53  (6) , 288-291
Abstract
In a retrospective study, scintigraphic spleen size [in humans] was compared with actual spleen weight. Using the formula W = (.pi./7)h .cntdot. (h2 + 3ab), the normal weight was calculated too large and splenic enlargement was calculated too small. Other scintigraphic parameters seem to be just as unreliable. Scintigraphic spleen mass should be judged as normal and only be enlarged in obvious situations.