Liver scanning in cancer patients with short-interval autopsy correlation.
The correlation between radionuclide liver scan interpretation and autopsy findings in 94 patients is presented. All patients had a known primary malignancy and the postmortem examinations were performed within 28 days of the scan. In 81% of the cases, the scans were correctly interpreted. There was a 15% rate of false-positive readings and a 21% rate of false-negative interpretations. Metastatic deposits less than 2 cm in diameter were the most frequent source of false-negative scans.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
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