Focal spared area in fatty liver simulating a mass. Scintigraphic evaluation.
The characterization of focally spared areas in a fatty liver may at times be problematic. This report illustrates the unique diagnostic role that combined xenon-133/technetium-99m sulfur colloid scintigraphy can play in such cases.
Newman
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Department of Radiology, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
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Arora
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Kaplan
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid