title: Relation of serum alkaline phosphatase to liver scintigram in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Serum Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) was studied in relation to liver scintigrams of 54 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. The ALP activity was higher with larger tumors and in multiple tumors. Within the single tumor group, the activity was higher when the tumor was located in the hilum than in the periphery. The incidence of ALP-1 isoenzyme (bile ALP) roughly paralleled the total ALP activity. These results suggest that the variation of serum ALP seen in each individual patients with hepatocellular carcinoma reflects the volume of cholestatic liver tissue, which is changed by the number, size and localization of the tumor nodules in the liver.
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase