Normal colloid uptake by a focal hepatic mass is virtually diagnostic.However, in the patients in whom the colloid scan shows decreased or absent uptake, angiography may show findings diagnostic of focal nodular hyperplasia in up to 75% of cases, thus avoiding the need for liver biopsy or surgery.
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