SCINTIGRAPHIC IMAGING OF HEPATIC EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA

The epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver has been recently ch aracterized as a rare tumor with distinctive pathological features aff ecting young adults. Our report describes a case of histologically con firmed primary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver, diagnose d by clinical examination as well as radiological (CT/MR) and scintigr aphic imaging (labelled red cells/phytate-SPECT). This case highlights the usefulness of nuclear medicine techniques during the diagnostic o f this rare tumor. Further it stresses the possibility of employing an easy and noninvasive method to adequately follow-up those patients wh o cannot be considered as disease-free even after orthotopic liver tra nsplantation because of the recurrence of the disease in the transplan ted liver.