"Hot spot" on liver scan produced by inferior vena caval obstruction.
A patient suspected of having an obstruction to the inferior vena cava developed a "hot spot" in the liver when an inferior vena cavogram was performed with Tc-99-sulfur colloid. The "hot spot" was demonstrated to be the result of the collateral circulation.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology