Intrathoracic splenosis: evaluation by 99mTc-labelled heat-denatured erythrocyte SPECT/CT.

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging

Molecular Bioimaging Center, School for Nuclear Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

Published: February 2011

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