Hepatic scintigraphic changes associated with gestational trophoblastic disease.
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.
Sumers
E H
EH
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Berkowitz
R S
RS
Wang
A M
AM
Drum
D E
DE
Goldstein
D P
DP
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*
D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid