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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2013; 12(03): 124-125
DOI: 10.4103/1450-1147.136738
Case report

Hybrid Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography Sulphur Colloid Scintigraphy in Focal Nodular Hyperplasia

Amit Bhoil
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Shankramurthy Gayana
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Ashwani Sood
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Anish Bhattacharya
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Bhagwant Mittal
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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It is important to differentiate focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH), a benign condition of liver most commonly affecting women, from other neoplasm such as hepatic adenoma and metastasis. The functional reticuloendothelial features of FNH can be demonstrated by scintigraphy. We present a case of breast cancer in whom fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (CT) showed a homogenous hyperdense lesion in liver, which on Tc99m sulfur colloid single-photon emission computed tomography/CT was found to have increased focal tracer uptake suggestive of FNH.

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Focal nodular hyperplasia - hybrid single-photon emission computed tomography/computerized tomography - sulfur colloid


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