A comparison of ultrasonic and isotope scanning in the diagnosis of liver disease

Cavernous Hemangioma of the Liver: Ultrasonography, Arteriography, and Computed Tomography

“…The margins of the lesions were sharply defined in 3 patients (Figs. [3][4][5] and discrete but':irregular in 1 (Fig. 1).…”

“…G RAY-SCALE ultrasonography is assuming an increasing role in the evaluation of primary and metastatic liver neoplasms (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6). In this paper we present our experience using gray-scale ultrasonography in the evaluation of 5 patients with cavernous hemangioma of the liver.…”

The use of combined ultrasonic and isotope scanning in the diagnosis of amoebic liver disease

“…Despite the high accuracy of scintigraphy in locating defects it does not distinguish a fluid-containing lesion from a solid one such as a tumour. However, ultrasonic scanning, while not so accurate as scintiscanning in detecting a localized lesion within the liver, has a high degree of accuracy in determining whether a lesion, once located, is solid or fluid-containing (McCarthy et al, 1970). Solid tumours usually show as localized areas of high intensity echoes, cirrhosis as a diffuse increase in echoes throughout the liver, and fluid lesions as echo-free 'transonic' areas.…”

“…On the other hand, an abscess, in common with other localized lesions of the liver, will create abnormalities in both the scintigraphic and ultrasonic images. The methods used for both isotope and ultrasonic scanning have been described in detail elsewhere (McCarthy, Davies, Wells, Ross, Follett, Muir, and Read, 1970 of 2 mCi Technetium 99 m sulphide colloid (Patton, Garcia, and Webber, 1966).…”

Noninvasive imaging of unusual regenerating nodules in the cirrhotic liver

“…Statistically, they occur more frequently than hepatomas [1]. Although the angiographic and radionuclide appearances of large regenerating liver nodules have been described [1][2][3][4][5], little attention has been given to their computed tomographic and ultrasound appearances. Indeed, there is virtually no information regarding this entity in the ultrasound literature.…”