Transient liver accumulation of Tc-99m phytate in hepatocellular carcinoma after percutaneous ethanol injection
Shiomi, S.; Kuroki, T.; Masaki, K.; Sakaguchi, H.; Takeda, T.; Kuriyama, M.; Tanaka, T.; Ochi, H.
Clinical Nuclear Medicine 22(8): 550-552
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0363-9762 PMID: 9262902 Document Number: 479092
Purpose: We report that colloid liver scanning gave early evidence of the return to normal of Kupffer cell functions after ethanol injections into the liver. Patient and Methods: A 71 -year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma received percutaneous ethanol injections twice of 15 mL of ethanol, 1 week apart. Results: Abdominal CT after the second injection showed an irregularly shaped low-density area in the left side of the tumor, extending outside the tumor. Liver imaging with Tc-99m phytate 10 days later showed increased activity at the corresponding site. Thirty days after the second injection, liver imaging did not show high activity. Conclusions: Ethanol that leaked into the normal part of the liver probably temporarily activated Kupffer cell function.