title: Hepatic scintigraphic changes associated with gestational trophoblastic disease.
abstract: We reviewed the results of radionuclide liver imaging in 70 patients newly referred for evaluation and treatment of persistent gestational trophoblastic tumors. Some 58 patients (83%) had abnormal liver scans but no focal defects and no discernible hepatic malignancy. These diffusely abnormal scans may reflect chemotherapeutic and/or hormonal effects on the liver and should not be interpreted as indicative of metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Sumers
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Berkowitz
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Drum
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D014328:Trophoblastic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid