title: The sensitivity and specificity of 99mTc-sulfur colloid liver imaging in diffuse hepatocellular disease.
abstract: The sensitivity and specificity of 99mTc-sulfur colloid liver-spleen imaging in diffuse hepatocellular disease and the significance of image patterns found in these diseases are presented. By visually quantifying the image alterations found in biopsy-proven cases of diffuse hepatocellular disease and analyzing the correlation between the histological diagnosis and the quantified image alteration (individually and by groups), the 99mTc-sulfur colloid liver-spleen image was found to be highly sensitive (83%). Relative discriminatory values were derived for each image finding and a specific image pattern was found in cirrhosis.
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium