EVALUATION OF ULTRASONIC AND SCINTIGRAPHIC STUDIES OF LIVER

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 45  (2-4) , 282-291
Abstract
Ultrasonic and scintigraphic examination of the liver took place in 148 patients. Twenty-nine had normal livers, 36 had cirrhosis, 11 had obstructive jaundice, 12 had fatty livers and 60 had focal liver defects. In case of diffuse liver disease the accuracy of both methods is about the same except for fatty liver which is poorly diagnosed by scintigraphy. Focal liver disease is determined with a relative high percentage false-negative for scintigraphy and a relative high percentage false-positive for echography. The scintigraphic result may raise the accuracy of ultrasound examination of the liver. As echography could distinguish cystic from solid lesions both methods of liver imaging are considered complementary.

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