The value of Tc-99m red blood cell SPECT in differentiating giant cavernous hemangioma of the liver from other liver solid masses

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 578-581

  Tsai, Cheng Chien ^a   Yen, Tzu Chen ^a,b   Tzen, Kai Yuan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Giant Cavernous Hemangioma; Tc 99m Red Blood Cell SPECT

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG UPTAKE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036705949     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200208000-00006     Document Type: Article

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