title: Role of liver scanning in the diagnosis of hepatic metastases.
abstract: Liver scanning is quite useful in detecting metastases, particularly when none are suspected clinically, and obviates the need for more elaborate and expensive examinations in about half the cases in the series analyzed here.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003102:Colloids; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010173:Palpation; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium