GROSSLY ABNORMAL LIVER SPLEEN SCAN IN A PATIENT WITH VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE OF THE LIVER THAT NORMALIZED COMPLETELY ON FOLLOW-UP

Authors
JOSHI MJ FORD PV VOGEL JM LUTRIN CL
Citation
Mj. Joshi et al., GROSSLY ABNORMAL LIVER SPLEEN SCAN IN A PATIENT WITH VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE OF THE LIVER THAT NORMALIZED COMPLETELY ON FOLLOW-UP, Clinical nuclear medicine, 18(7), 1993, pp. 590-593
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical nuclear medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03639762
Volume
18
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
590 - 593
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-9762(1993)18:7<590:GALSSI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A case of veno-occlusive disease of the liver of unknown etiology is r eported. In the case, the gross abnormality of liver parenchyma, ascit es, and colloid shift to spleen, bones, and lungs found on a Tc-99m SC liver-spleen scan, and confirmed on liver biopsy, resolved completely on follow-up. Histologic correlation and a brief review of the litera ture are presented.