liver-spleen scan

liver-spleen scan

Nuclear medicine A scintigraphic imaging technique in which a radiopharmaceutical–eg, 99mTc, 198Au is injected IV to visualize metabolically-active, isotope-labeled, potentially malignant masses of ≥ 2 cm in the liver and spleen Indications Determine liver and spleen size, ID dysfunction, detect focal lesions. See Radionuclide imaging.