title: Liver/pleural cavity scan for diagnosis of subphrenic abscess.
abstract: The interpretation of a combined liver/lung scan can be difficult in patients with pleural or pulmonary disease. A procedure is suggested to circumvent these difficulties by injecting 99mTc-sulfur colloid into the pleural cavity. A scan of the pleural cavity can then replace the lung scan in the conventional liver/lung scan. Two examples of liver/pleural cavity scans are shown.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011817:Rabbits; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*