hot spleen

• decreased liver uptake
  • liver dz (eg, cirrhosis)
  • shunting of portal venous blood

• increased splenic uptake
  • hematopoietic dz
  • septicemia
  • rheumatoid disorders
  • immunostimulation (tumor, Aldomet, IL-2)

see: liver-spleen scan

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18