title: An evaluation of 99mTc-sulfur colloid liver scintiscans and their usefulness in metastatic workup: a review of 1,424 studies.
abstract: To determine the clinical usefulness of liver scintiscanning in detecting metastatic disease of the liver, 1,424 liver studies performed on 1,115 patients were reviewed along with their charts. Five hundred eighty-one patients had histopathological evaluation by needle biopsy of the liver, laparotomy, and/or autopsy within a mean period of 40 days of liver scan. The histopatholigical findings were correlated with the liver sicntiscan findings and the latter gave an overall accuracy of 77.3%.
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003102:Colloids; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium