Giant Liver Hemangioma Mimicking a Hydronephrotic Kidney on 99mTc-DTPA Scintigraphy

Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Jan;46(1):88-89. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003368.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Hydronephrosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate*

Substances

  • Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate