[Scintigraphic determination of the function of an autotransplanted spleen]

In an 8-year-old boy after abdominal injury scintigraphically, using radiocolloid labelled 99mTc, suspicion of a ruptured spleen was confirmed. Therefore splenectomy was performed and an autotransplantation of a portion of the spleen into the great omentum. After three months during scintigraphy performed with autologous thermally damaged and indium 113mIn labelled erythrocytes a small functional autotransplant of the spleen on the left side of the navel was revealed. Twelve months after operation scintigraphy confirmed its vitality and even an increase in size. Scintigraphy by means of damaged and labelled erythrocytes is the only visualization method to reveal vitality and functioning of autotransplants of the spleen.