Boey CY, Mohamed Aslum Khan F, Amir Hassan SZ. Giant Liver Hemangioma Mimicking a Hydronephrotic Kidney on 99mTc-DTPA Scintigraphy.
Clin Nucl Med 2021;
46:88-89. [PMID:
33181737 DOI:
10.1097/rlu.0000000000003368]
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Abstract
We report a case of a 56-year-old woman who underwent Tc-DTPA renal scintigraphy for the evaluation of a right pelviureteric junction calculi, which incidentally showed radiotracer uptake in a giant liver hemangioma. The initial scintigraphic images showed a large lobulated lesion with peripheral uptake of radiotracer at the right abdominal region, resembling a large hydronephrotic kidney. However, the pattern of progression of the radiotracer, coupled with the clinical history and available corresponding radiologic images, confirmed the uptake to be that of a giant liver hemangioma.
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