75Se selenomethionine in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Report of a false positive scan.
A 74 year old man presented with cryptogenic liver cirrhosis and ascites. On 99Tcm sulphur colloid scanning he was found to have a filling defect in the right lobe of the liver which disappeared when the liver scan was repeated with 75Se selenomethionine. This lesion, initially thought to be a hepatoma, proved eventually at post mortem to be a hyperplastic hepatic nodule.
D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012643:Selenium; D012645:Selenomethionine; D013667:Technetium
D013667:Technetium; D012645:Selenomethionine; D012643:Selenium