SINA Nuclear medicine center Applications in Surgery:

  • Liver SPECT with Tc-99m-RBC for diagnosis of liver hemangioma.
  • Tc-99mRBC-scan for localization of GI bleeding.
  • Meckle’s diverticulum scan in pediatric patients with GI bleeding.
  • Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy (For detection of acute or chronic Cholecystitis, Gallbladder dyskinesia, Estimation of gallbladder ejection fraction, bile leak,…)
  • Thyroid scan for evaluation of neck mass, ectopic thyroid,…
  • Whole body iodine scan for patients with thyroid cancer.
  • Parathyroid scan for localization of parathyroid adenoma.
  • Lung perfusion scan for detection of pulmonary emboli.
  • Lung perfusion scan for determination of differential lung function.
  • Whole body bone scan for detection of skeletal metastasis and staging of malignant tumors
  • Breast Scintigraphy with Tc-99m-MIBI for evaluation of suspicious breast mass.
  • Spleen scan with denatured RBC for detection of accessory spleen and spleen remnant.
  • Whole body scan with DMSA V for detection of mets from medullary thyroid carcinoma.