Blood pool scintigraphy is a useful tool in the diagnosis of hepatic h
emangioma. We reviewed retrospectively the clinical histories of 24 pa
tients with abnormal blood pool scintigraphies and a presumptive diagn
osis of hepatic hemangioma, based on clinical or ultrasonographic find
ings. In 20 of these patients, blood pool scintigraphy was diagnostic
for hepatic hemangioma. The diagnosis was confirmed by an asymptomatic
clinical evolution of 12 to 78 months in all the patients, CT scan in
8, angiography in 5 and liver biopsy in one. In the remaining 4 patie
nts scintigraphy ruled out the presence of a hepatic hemangioma. Our r
esults are similar to previous reports in the literature and blood poo
l scintigraphy has a high specificity for the diagnosis of hepatic hem
angioma.