Somayeh Ghahremani - Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Mahsa Sabour - Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Sarah Ghahremani - Neonatal Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Ahmad Bazrafshan - Neonatal Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

A 23 day old infant patient underwent 99mTc-denatured RBC scanning for locating possible ectopic spleen in our department.  The scan showed no tracer activity in normal splenic bed in the left upper quadrant and an ectopic spleen was shown on the right side of abdomen inferior to the liver. 99mTc-denatured RBC scan is an easy and available method for splenic localization in pediatric patients.

Spleen, Ectopic, Denatured RBC, Scintigraphy