Planar and SPECT Tc-99m red blood cell imaging in hepatic cavernous hemangiomas and other hepatic lesions

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1988 · Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198804000-00002· OSTI ID:6858951

Intenzo, C; Kim, S; Madsen, M; Desai, A; Park, C

The utility of Tc-99m RBC imaging in the diagnosis of hepatic cavernous hemangiomas has been established. Of the 25 patients with various focal hepatic lesions evaluated, 16 were diagnosed as having hemangiomas: eight proven by surgery, two proven by angiography, and six proven by maintaining a stable clinical course ranging from 6 to 12 months with normal follow-up liver function tests. Although fourteen of these were detected by planar imaging, two were detected by SPECT only. Two patients with large hemangiomas had false-negative scans, whereas the remaining seven patients had other liver lesions.

• OSTI ID: 6858951
• Journal Information: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 13:4; ISSN CNMED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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