Liver hemangioma. A perioperative Tc-99m RBC SPECT correlation.
Scintigraphic diagnosis of a liver hemangioma may be difficult when its size approaches the spatial resolution of a gamma camera, and it may not be visualized on a Tc-99m tin-colloid liver SPECT study. The contribution of Tc-99m labeled RBC scintigraphy is shown in a patient with a liver hemangioma discovered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy for chronic cholecystitis. Despite negative CT, US, and Tc-99m tin-colloid SPECT of the liver, Tc-99m labeled RBC SPECT disclosed a focus of increased activity consistent with the hemangioma.
Krausz
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Department of Medical Biophysics, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Levy
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Antebi
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Bar-Ziv
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Bocher
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Chisin
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D003102:Colloids; D004912:Erythrocytes; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D017971:Tin Compounds; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D003102:Colloids; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D017971:Tin Compounds; C033493:technetium Tc 99m tin colloid; D013667:Technetium