Cavernous hemangioma. Why is peripheral filling at scintigraphy so rare?
1Department of Radiology, Naval Hospital Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
Peripheral filling at dynamic CT occurs frequently with cavernous hemangiomas, yet this phenomenon is a rare finding on Tc-99m RBC imaging. A case of peripheral filling of a cavernous hemangioma with scintigraphy is reported and the rationale for its infrequent occurrence is discussed.
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