False-positive hepatic blood pool SPECT study for hepatic hemangioma.
Radionuclide hepatic blood pool scintigraphy is an extremely sensitive and highly specific test in diagnosing cavernous hemangioma of the liver. The authors report a false-positive hepatic blood pool scintigram for hepatic hemangioma in a patient with liver metastasis from adenocarcinoma of colon.
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D013667:Technetium; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013667:Technetium