Hybrid bone SPECT/CT reveals spleen calcification in sickle cell mutation and beta-thalassemia.

doi:10.5603/NMR.a2021.0015

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Hybrid bone SPECT/CT reveals spleen calcification in sickle cell mutation and beta-thalassemia.

Nuclear medicine review. Central & Eastern Europe - 1 Jan 2022

Sakellariou Konstantinos, Charalampidou Sofia, Fotopoulos Andreas, Sioka Chrissa

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We present a case of a 65 years-old male with sickle cell mutation and beta-thalassemia (Hb S/β-Thal), who had whole-body bone scan evaluation for osteomyelitis. The examination revealed high radiopharmaceutical uptake in the left abdomen. Further evaluation with hybrid single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) showed calcification of approximately the entire spleen, in the context...

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