Asplenia diagnostic study of choice
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalpana Giri, MBBS[2]
Overview
Spleen scintigraphy is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of asplenia.
Diagnostic Study of Choice
Study of choice
- Spleen scintigraphy, with the use of Technetium-99m-labelled heat-damaged autologous erythrocyte clearance is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of asplenia.[1]
Diagnostic finding
- Measures spleen function
- Measures splenic uptake and clearance of heat-damaged erythrocytes
Name of Diagnostic Criteria
There are no established criteria for the diagnosis of asplenia.
References
- ↑ Di Sabatino A, Carsetti R, Corazza GR (2011). “Post-splenectomy and hyposplenic states”. Lancet. 378 (9785): 86–97. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61493-6. PMID 21474172.
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