title: The widened renal fossa sign on liver-spleen scintigraphy and adrenal disease.
abstract: A widened renal fossa on the posterior view during liver-spleen scintigraphy using technetium Tc 99m sulfur colloid raises the possibility of renal or extrarenal disease. We encountered four patients with prominent renal fossae on liver-spleen scans. They were subsequently found to have lesions involving the right adrenal gland. Potential adrenal disease should be considered in patients whose liver-spleen scans show widened renal fossae.
mesh_terms: D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
chemical_list: D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid