Role of scintigraphy in focally abnormal sonograms of fatty livers

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6973714

Lisbona, R; Mishkin, S; Derbekyan, V; Novales-Diaz, J A; Roy, A; Sanders, L

Fatty infiltration of the liver may cause a range of focal abnormalities on hepatic sonography which may simulate hepatic nodular lesions. Discrete deposits of fat or islands of normal tissue which are uninvolved by fatty infiltration may stand out as potential space-occupying lesions on the sonograms. Twelve patients with such focally abnormal ultrasound images were referred for liver scintigraphy with /sup 133/Xe and /sup 99m/Tc colloidal SPECT studies to clarify the issue. These examinations helped identify, in nine of 12 patients, the innocent nature of the sonographic abnormalities which were simply related to the fat deposition process. Further, (/sup 99m/Tc)RBC scans defined the additional pathologic process in three patients in whom actual space-occupying lesions were indeed present in the liver. Scintigraphy has an important role to play in the understanding of focal hepatic ultrasound abnormalities particularly in unsuspected hepatic steatosis.

• Research Organization: Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
• OSTI ID: 6973714
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 29:6; ISSN JNMEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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