Visualization of acute hepatic necrosis with a bone imaging agent.
A case of massive hepatic necrosis has been found to have intense, diffuse accumulation of Tc-99m HMDP in the liver. A review of three similar cases revealed that diffuse intense uptake of bone-scanning agents is a grave prognostic sign.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate