PMID- 9596155
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19980715
LR  - 20190721
IS  - 0363-9762 (Print)
IS  - 0363-9762 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 5
DP  - 1998 May
TI  - Usefulness of scintigraphy with Tc-99m phytate for the diagnosis of alcoholic 
      foamy degeneration.
PG  - 302-4
AB  - PURPOSE: Alcoholic foamy degeneration (AFD) is a liver disease causing temporary 
      hepatocyte dysfunction. The prognosis is usually good, but liver biopsy is needed 
      for diagnosis. We report the usefulness of liver-spleen scintigraphy with the 
      radiocolloid Tc-99m phytate for the diagnosis of AFD. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We 
      used liver scintigraphy with Tc-99m phytate to study three patients with AFD 
      diagnosed on the basis of findings from a liver biopsy. RESULTS: Liver-spleen 
      scintigraphy showed hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, and bone marrow was visible, 
      but radioisotope uptake by the liver was uniform. CONCLUSIONS: This pattern of 
      scintigraphic findings is different from that reported for patients with 
      alcoholic fatty livers or severe alcoholic hepatitis, and seems to be specific 
      for AFD.
FAU - Shiomi, S
AU  - Shiomi S
AD  - Third Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, 
      Osaka, Japan.
FAU - Sasaki, N
AU  - Sasaki N
FAU - Yokogawa, T
AU  - Yokogawa T
FAU - Kawada, N
AU  - Kawada N
FAU - Sakaguchi, H
AU  - Sakaguchi H
FAU - Nakajima, S
AU  - Nakajima S
FAU - Kuroki, T
AU  - Kuroki T
FAU - Kawabe, J
AU  - Kawabe J
FAU - Ochi, H
AU  - Ochi H
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Clin Nucl Med
JT  - Clinical nuclear medicine
JID - 7611109
RN  - 0 (Organotechnetium Compounds)
RN  - 0 (Radiopharmaceuticals)
RN  - 0 (technetium phytate)
RN  - 7IGF0S7R8I (Phytic Acid)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Biopsy
MH  - Diagnosis, Differential
MH  - Fatty Liver, Alcoholic/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Female
MH  - Hepatitis, Alcoholic/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Hepatomegaly/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Humans
MH  - Liver/diagnostic imaging/pathology
MH  - Liver Diseases, Alcoholic/*diagnostic imaging/pathology
MH  - Male
MH  - *Organotechnetium Compounds
MH  - *Phytic Acid
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - Radionuclide Imaging
MH  - *Radiopharmaceuticals
MH  - Spleen/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Splenomegaly/diagnostic imaging
EDAT- 1998/05/22 00:00
MHDA- 1998/05/22 00:01
CRDT- 1998/05/22 00:00
PHST- 1998/05/22 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1998/05/22 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1998/05/22 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1097/00003072-199805000-00007 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Clin Nucl Med. 1998 May;23(5):302-4. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199805000-00007.