Primary hepatic carcinoid tumor presenting as a large multicystic lesion of the liver and on Tc-99m RBC abdominal imaging showing photopenic areas

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 530-531

  Shih, Wei Jen ^a,b   Samayoa, Luis ^a,b   Shih, George L ^c   Milan, Primo ^a  

^a LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

CT of the abdomen; Multicystic lesion of the liver; Photopenic area; Primary hepatic carcinoid tumor; Tc 99m RBC abdominal imaging

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FLUSHING; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; PHOTON;

ABDOMEN; CARCINOID TUMOR; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 21444436463     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000167507.77894.a7     Document Type: Article

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