title: Specific diagnosis of hepatoma using 99mTc-HIDA and other radionuclides.
abstract: The difficulty of clinical and radiographical diagnosis of hepatoma is discussed. A case of hepatoma is reported. Both the primary tumor and distant metastases showed strong avidity for 99mTc-HIDA, which normally is concentrated by parenchymal cells of the liver. The potential of using 99mTc-HIDA for the noninvasive investigation of patients suspected of having hepatoma is discussed. The association between tumor avidity for 99mTc-HIDA and the bile-forming ability of tumor cells is of interest.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012395:Rose Bengal; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium; D019780:Technetium Tc 99m Lidofenin; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D007098:Imino Acids; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D012395:Rose Bengal; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D019780:Technetium Tc 99m Lidofenin; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium