MATERIALS AND METHODS The records of 591 patients examined by hepatic scintigraphy
from January 1, 1970 to August 1, 1971 were reviewed. Fifty-nine patients had more than …

available liver function tests and clinical esti mation of liver size. Liver histology or informa.
tion from lapizrotomy without biopsy was avail. able for comparison in 173 patients. In. 143 …

MATERIALS AND METhODS For the past 8 years any mineworker suspected of having
primary hepatic cancer has been admitted to a central mine hospital. To date there have …

Twelve years have passed since scintillation scanning of the liver was in troduced by Stirret,
Yuhl and Cassen (1). During this period, the hepatic scan has been employed primarily to …

Hepatic scintiphotography serves as a highly useful anatomic liver function test. When the
descriptive features of the liver scan are carefully related to underlying pathology, the …

A comparison of scintigraphy, ultrasonography, and computed tomography (CT) in 94
proven patients with clinically suspected liver disease is reported. CT proved to be the most …

RESULTS Patients without hepatic metastases. One hundred eighty-seven patients had
proven primary neoplasm, but no hepatic metas-tases. The criteria used to exclude hepatic …

It is the purpose of this communication to report our experiences with the hepatic
radioactivity survey for the diagnosis of cancer of the liver. The technic of the procedure and …

Characteristically, primary hepatic carcinoma remains undetected until advanced. This
occultness results primarily from an absence of distinctive clinical features and from the …

Of 84 cases with both radionuclide and computed tomographic studies of the liver, in 54 the
results of the two examinations agreed, in 14 results disagreed, and in 16 cases one of the …