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Nuclear medicine therapy: Therapy with unsealed radionuclides: Hematopoietic organ therapy with unsealed radionuclides

Your blood-producing organs have been treated with a radioactive drug.

You have had a radioactive drug injected into a blood vessel. When the drug is absorbed into the body, it breaks down and emits radiation. The radiation can destroy tissue in the body. The radioactive drug has accumulated in areas where your blood cells are formed.

Normally, the blood cells in children and adults are only formed in the bone marrow. The bone marrow is inside bone. However, various diseases can result in blood cells also being formed in other organs in the body. Blood is made up of a liquid part and different blood cells, among other things. The blood cells include the red blood cells, the white blood cells and the platelets.

Additional indicator

If necessary, additional letters are appended to OPS codes to indicate which side of the body is affected.

  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the OPS code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).