Tc-99m MDP Uptake in Ischemic Hepatopathy

A 56-year-old woman had partial necrosis of her liver after a hypotensive episode due to duodenal bleeding. Renal and cardiac damage and mental status changes were also noted. Liver enzymes, normal one week previously, became sharply elevated (lactate dehydrogenase 45,000 u/l, normal80-225 u/l; aspa...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1988-10, Vol.13 (10), p.759-760
Main Authors: TIMMONS, JAMES H, HARTSHORNE, MICHAEL F, TELEPAK, ROBERT J, BUCKNER, ARTHUR B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Ischemia - diagnostic imaging
Liver - blood supply
Liver - diagnostic imaging
Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Other diseases. Semiology
Radionuclide Imaging
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
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Summary:A 56-year-old woman had partial necrosis of her liver after a hypotensive episode due to duodenal bleeding. Renal and cardiac damage and mental status changes were also noted. Liver enzymes, normal one week previously, became sharply elevated (lactate dehydrogenase 45,000 u/l, normal80-225 u/l; aspartate aminotransferase 11,270 u/l, normal3-45 u/l; and alanine aminotransferase 3807 u/l, normal3-45 u/l). Injection of 740 MBq at 99m-Tc MDP, after the hypotensive episode, revealed sharp uptake within the ischemic liver. Fifteen days after admission, the patient had clinically recovered and normalized all laboratory values.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-198810000-00017