[Value and reliability of blood pool scintigraphy in liver hemangiomas].
In a prospective study the importance and reliability of blood-pool scanning were checked. 40 patients were investigated. In 36 patients sonographical evidence of one or more hemangiomas was shown. 4 patients with 11 primary or secondary tumors in the liver were taken as control group. All tumors could be verified by histology or CT. Differentiation between hemangiomas and other space-occupying lesions (benign and malignant tumors) was possible with high accuracy. We found a sensitivity of 100% in hemangiomas larger than 4 cm, a sensitivity of 78% in hemangiomas larger than 3 cm and a sensitivity of 69% in hemangiomas larger than 2 cm. Falsely positive results were not observed. In conclusion, blood-pool scanning of the liver is a reliable method in the differential diagnosis of hemangiomas.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004912:Erythrocytes; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
D013667:Technetium
Wertigkeit und Stellenwert der Blutpool-Szintigraphie bei Leberhämangiomen.