Radionuclide imaging of splenic laceration and trauma

Tc-99m colloids are the pharmaceuticals preferred in the radionuclide diagnosis of splenic rupture. Spleen scintigraphy is also the preferred diagnostic method. It is rapid, safe, and reliable and should be recommended in all clinical situation where diagnosis is in doubt. A most important point is its value in following the healing of a splenic rupture managed nonoperatively or by suturing or resection, treatment modalities which are increasingly used at the present time.