Detection of a 2.1 cm hepatocellular carcinoma in an 11-year-old boy by Tl-201 chloride. Case presentation and correlative imaging findings.
Abnormal uptake of Tl-201 chloride in the liver along with correlative radiologic imaging is presented in an unusual case of an 11-year-old boy with a small 2.1 cm hepatocellular carcinoma. Although planar Tl-201 images were normal, triple-headed SPECT Tl-201 images showed a focal area of increased liver activity at the site of the tumor which corresponded to a photopenic area on Tc-99m SC SPECT images. The patient successfully underwent partial liver resection of a pathologically proven hepatocellular carcinoma.
Kempf
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Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York, NY 10011, USA.
Abdel-Dayem
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D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D013793:Thallium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; C027549:thallium chloride; D013793:Thallium