Hepatoma visualization with Tc-99m pyridoxylidene glutamate.

Abstract

Tc-99m sulfur colloid is concentrated in Kupffer cells of the liver, whereas the new biliary agents are processed by hepatic parenchymal cells. A case of primary hepatocellular carcinoma, appearing as a defect on sulfur-colloid liver scan and visualized on a biliary scan, is presented. The possible role of biliary scanning in the evaluation of a defect on sulfur-colloid liver scan is discussed.

• Authors: J A Utz, R J Lull, J H Anderson, R W Lambrecht, J M Brown, W Henry
• Journal: Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine (J Nucl Med) Vol. 21 Issue 8 Pg. 747-9 (Aug 1980) ISSN: 0161-5505 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6249896 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Colloids
• Gallium Radioisotopes
• Glutamates
• Organotechnetium Compounds
• technetium Tc 99m pyridoxylidene glutamate
• Pyridoxal
• Sulfur
• Technetium

Topics

• Aged
• Carcinoma, Hepatocellular (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Colloids
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Gallbladder (diagnostic imaging)
• Gallium Radioisotopes
• Glutamates
• Humans
• Liver (blood supply, diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Liver Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Male
• Organotechnetium Compounds
• Pyridoxal (analogs & derivatives)
• Radionuclide Imaging
• Sulfur
• Technetium