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Differentiating hepatic abscess from tumor: combined /sup 111/In white blood cell and /sup 99m/Tc liver scans

Journal Article · · Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.135.1.53· OSTI ID:5178076
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  1. Stanford Univ. Medical Center, CA
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Space-occupying lesions in the liver are usually seen as photon-deficient areas on /sup 99m/Tc sulfur colloid liver scans, irrespective of the underlying disease. The results of combined /sup 111/In white blood cell scans and sulfur colloid scans in three patients in whom the clinical diagnosis was either cancer or abscess are described. In the first patient, the /sup 111/In scan showed increased uptake in a region of the liver where /sup 99m/Tc sulfur colloid scan showed a negative defect. Abscess was diagnosed. In the other two patients, both /sup 111/In and /sup 99m/Tc scans showed cold lesions and cancer was believed to be the most likely diagnosis. These diagnoses were confirmed by biopsy. It is suggested that simultaneous white blood cell scans and sulfur colloid imaging provide additional specificity in diagnosis of hepatic masses.

OSTI ID:
5178076
Journal Information:
Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States) Vol. 135:1; ISSN AJROA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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550601* -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ABSCESSES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
COLLOIDS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
DISPERSIONS
DRUGS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GLANDS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INDIUM 111
INDIUM ISOTOPES
INFLAMMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LEUKOCYTES
LIVER
MATERIALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOCOLLOIDS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
SCINTISCANNING
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES