Uptake of 99mTc - DISDA in Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Metastatic Nodule in the Lung.
10.12701/yujm.1988.5.2.171
- Author:
Jun Young DO
;
Heon Ju LEE
;
Soo Bong CHOI
;
Hyun Woo LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular*;
Clinical Study;
Diagnosis;
Lung*;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
1988;5(2):171-174
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Recently, several reports of extrahepatic hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis demonstrated by technetium-99mTc-IDAs scan have shown that 99mTc-IDAs can be used to detect extrahepatic metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma. We report here a case of hepatocellular carcinoma with pulmonary nodules that were demonstrated as metastasis in nature by the use of the 99mTc-DISIDA. The findings in this case and several reports reviewed here suggest that the 99mTc-DISIDA scan may be a useful diagnostic agent that can detect the extrahepatic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma and stage the disease. But more clinical study in needed to establish the position of 99mTc-DISIDA in the field of diagnosis of extrahepatic hepatocellular carcinoma.
