Combined liver-spleen-kidney scintigraphy and subsequent subtraction of the kidney scintiphotograph in the evaluation of displaced kidney.
The displacement of kidney was studied by using the combined liver-spleen-kidney scintigraphy and the subsequent subtraction of the kidney scintiphotograph to leave the liver-spleen scintiphotograph alone. A suprarenal mass was shown as cold spot between the liver and right kidney on the combined study. When the liver scintiphotograph and kidney scintiphotograph were over-lapped and the differential diagnosis was difficult, the subsequent subtraction of the kidney scintiphotograph was useful in the diagnosis of the enlarged liver.
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D008099:Liver; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis