title: Liver hemangioma. A perioperative Tc-99m RBC SPECT correlation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biophysics, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Krausz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Antebi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bar-Ziv
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bocher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chisin
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D017971:Tin Compounds; C033493:technetium Tc 99m tin colloid; D013667:Technetium