EVALUATION OF A LIVER-TRANSPLANT BY TC-99M DIMETHYL-IDA SCINTIGRAPHY

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 21  (7) , 657-659
Abstract
In liver-transplant patients, it is always difficult to differentiate between rejection crises and extrahepatic biliary obstruction on the basis of standard biochemical tests alone. A case is reported of a patient who received a transplant following total hepatectomy performed because of a hepatoma. Scintigraphy with 99mTc N-(dimethylcarbamoylmethyl)iminodiacetic acid pointed conclusively to an obstructive process, which was confirmed at re-operation.