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A case of diaphragm hernia containing accessory spleen and great omentum detected by Tc-99m phytate scintigraphy

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A rare case of diaphragm hernia containing an accessory spleen and great omentum is reported. Tc-99m phytate SPECT showed tracer accumulation in the accessory spleen and was useful in the evaluation of the disease.

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  1. Department of Laboratories, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 543-8555, Osaka, Japan

    Hitoya Ohta & Tomoo Komibuchi

  2. Department of Surgery of Respiratory Diseases, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan

    Keijiro Kohno

  3. Department of Radiology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan

    Noriyuki Kojima, Noboru Ihara, Takashi Ishigaki & Giro Todo

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Ohta, H., Kohno, K., Kojima, N. et al. A case of diaphragm hernia containing accessory spleen and great omentum detected by Tc-99m phytate scintigraphy. Ann Nucl Med 13, 347–349 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03164874

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