Radio pharmaceutical used for phagocyte study scan used:
Technetium 99m Sulphur colloid scan: Taken up by reticuloendothelial cells, Macrophages and Kupffer cells Therefore, used for Phagocytes study Evaluate splenic disease Detect occult abscess It shows hot uptake in focal nodular hyperplasia (because it has increased number of Kupffer's cells) Liver Fibrolamellar variant of HCC (has increased hepatocyte) | On Sulphur colloid scan No hot uptake Focal nodular hyperplasia (has increased hepatocyte and Kupffer cells) | hot uptake
Sulfur colloid scan
Thallium 201
Technetium peechnetate scan
MDPscan
Nuclear medicine