Portal vein aneurysm demonstrated by blood pool SPECT.
Portal vein aneurysms are rare and are occasionally suggested by ultrasound and usually confirmed by invasive angiography. Such a case was diagnosed by scintigraphic studies, most importantly blood pool SPECT, which clearly separates it from hepatic cysts.
Fukui
H
H
Central Clinic of Radiology, Osaka University Hospital, Japan.
Kashiwagi
T
T
Kimura
K
K
Goto
M
M
Takei
Y
Y
Kasahara
A
A
Kawano
S
S
Fusamoto
H
H
Kozuka
T
T
Kamada
T
T
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*
D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin