Poor detection of a hepatoma with a hepatic specific contrast agent (EOE 13).
A hepatic specific contrast agent was used in an attempt to detect a biopsy-proven hepatoma. This lesion had been missed by routine computed tomography and was poorly detected with the hepatic specific contrast agent EOE 13. It was also poorly detected by technetium-sulfur colloid hepatic scintigraphy. The true extent of the disease was noted only by hepatic angiography. Possible reasons for the poor performance of the hepatic specific agent are discussed.
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D004998:Ethiodized Oil; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media; C039040:ethiodized oil emulsion 13; D004998:Ethiodized Oil