Abdominal hemangiopericytoma scintigraphically simulating an accessory spleen

• Published in: Clinical nuclear medicine Vol. 13; no. 11; p. 812
• Main Authors: Lundy, M M, Blue, P W, Crawford, G J, Parker, S H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.1988
• Subjects: Abdomen; Choristoma - diagnostic imaging; Diagnosis, Differential; Hemangiopericytoma - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Soft Tissue Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Spleen; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; Tomography, Emission-Computed

Hemangiopericytoma is a soft tissue tumor composed histologically of pericytes of Zimmerman, which line capillaries. These neoplasms have been observed throughout the body in soft tissue and bone. Presented here is a case of abdominal hemangiopericytoma proven histologically that simulated an access...