Hepatoma visualization with Tc-99m pyridoxylidene glutamate.
Tc-99m sulfur colloid is concentrated in Kupffer cells of the liver, whereas the new biliary agents are processed by hepatic parenchymal cells. A case of primary hepatocellular carcinoma, appearing as a defect on sulfur-colloid liver scan and visualized on a biliary scan, is presented. The possible role of biliary scanning in the evaluation of a defect on sulfur-colloid liver scan is discussed.
D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003102:Colloids; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D005971:Glutamates; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011730:Pyridoxal / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium
D003102:Colloids; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D005971:Glutamates; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C011551:technetium Tc 99m pyridoxylidene glutamate; D011730:Pyridoxal; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium