Splenic size and function in adult coeliac disease
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 53 (630), 532-537
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-53-630-532
Abstract
Splenic scintigraphy was performed after measurement of 99Tcm–labelled heat-damaged red cell clearance in 29 patients with treated coeliac disease. Good correlation was found between splenic size and function using these techniques. 99Tcm–labelled sulphur colloid scintiscans were also performed in 24 coeliacs. Splenic volumes computed from colloid scans correlated well with those computed from red cell scans. Almost 50% of adult patients with treated coeliac disease have impaired splenic function, the incidence rising with increasing age of starting treatment. Sulphur colloid scintigraphy provides a simple quantitative method of assessing splenic function in treated coeliac disease which can be used in exploring the possibilities of avoidance of the adverse effects of hyposplenism.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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