Radiogallium Hot Spleen in Trousseauʼs Syndrome with Splenic Vein Occlusion

A 75-year-old man had multiple findings that indicated thromboembolic disease. A radiocolloid study showed splenic defects. The remainder of the spleen was hot on radiogallium imaging. The patient had Trousseauʼs syndrome (tumor-associated thromboembolism) due to carcinoma of the pancreas. The splen...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1986-09, Vol.11 (9), p.640-641
Main Authors: DEY, HOLLEY M, KARIMEDDINI, MOZAFAREDDIN K, CIESIELSKI, THOMAS E, SPENCER, RICHARD P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - complications
Adenocarcinoma - pathology
Adenocarcinoma - secondary
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Gallium Radioisotopes
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Liver Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Liver Neoplasms - secondary
Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas
Male
Medical sciences
Pancreatic Neoplasms - complications
Pulmonary Embolism - complications
Radionuclide Imaging
Spleen - diagnostic imaging
Spleen - pathology
Splenic Vein - pathology
Syndrome
Thromboembolism - complications
Thrombosis - diagnostic imaging
Tumors
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Summary:A 75-year-old man had multiple findings that indicated thromboembolic disease. A radiocolloid study showed splenic defects. The remainder of the spleen was hot on radiogallium imaging. The patient had Trousseauʼs syndrome (tumor-associated thromboembolism) due to carcinoma of the pancreas. The splenic vein was obstructed. Vascular compromise should be considered in the differential diagnosis of the radiogallium hot spleen.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-198609000-00011