Liver scintigraphy in a patient with Gaucher disease.
Liver scintigraphy including SPECT was performed in a patient with Gaucher disease and compared with other methods. Multiple photon-deficient areas in the liver and spleen were recognized, and in evaluating the reticuloendothelial system of the liver, liver SPECT image was superior to US, CT and MR images.
Ohta
H
H
Department of Laboratory, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Komibuchi
T
T
Takeda
H
H
Taniguchi
T
T
Mihara
Y
Y
Nakano
T
T
Shintaku
M
M
Fujimoto
M
M
Nasu
K
K
Oki
S
S
D000328:Adult; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography