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== Overview == | ==Overview== | ||
[[Spleen scintigraphy]] is the [[gold standard]] test for the diagnosis of asplenia. | |||
== Diagnostic Study of Choice == | ==Diagnostic Study of Choice== | ||
=== 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.<ref name="pmid21474172">{{cite journal| author=Di Sabatino A, Carsetti R, Corazza GR| title=Post-splenectomy and hyposplenic states. | journal=Lancet | year= 2011 | volume= 378 | issue= 9785 | pages= 86-97 | pmid=21474172 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61493-6 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21474172 }} </ref> | |||
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There are no established criteria for the diagnosis of | *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== | ==References== | ||
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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.