Perfusion and blood pool scintigraphy for diagnosing soft-tissue arteriovenous malformations.
OBJECTIVE
Six arteriovenous malformations were assessed to determine the effectiveness of perfusion and blood pool scintigraphy to diagnose arteriovenous malformations of soft tissue.


METHODS
After injection of Tc-99m RBC or Tc-99m DTPA-HSA, dynamic perfusion and early and delayed blood pool images were analyzed.


RESULTS
Four of six arteriovenous malformations showed increased activity on perfusion images and slightly increased activity on blood pool images; the remaining two arteriovenous malformations showed increased activity on perfusion and normal activity on blood pool studies.


CONCLUSIONS
This expansion of the authors' previous studies of hemangiomas shows that perfusion and blood pool scintigraphy are useful methods to differentiate arteriovenous malformations from various types of hemangiomas.
Fukuda
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Y
Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Murata
Y
Y
Umehara
I
I
Yamashita
T
T
Ono
C
C
Iwai
T
T
Shibuya
H
H
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008046:Lip / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013667:Technetium; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D013667:Technetium; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate