title: [Analysis of one thousand liver scans carried out using technetium phytate (author's transl)].
abstract: One thousand liver scans were carried out using technetium phytate. This soluble compound is transformed in the circulating blood into a colloid by chelation of serum calcium, thereby forming a macromolecular phytate of calcium and technetium. The presenting symptoms are compared with the isotopic findings. This microcolloid has the advantages common to all technetium tracers and, in addition, is easy to prepare and has the advantage of a distribution between the liver, spleen and bone of the same type as that seen with colloidal gold 198 without the dosimetric problems associated with the latter. Although it has a level of hepatic fixation which is less than that of certain sulphide complexes of technetium, the authors feel that it appears to provide a better relfection of the colloidopexic function of the liver.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010833:Phytic Acid; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium; D010833:Phytic Acid
vernacular_title: Bilan de 1000 explorations scintigraphiques du foie réalisées avec le phytate de technetium.