Abstract
Two cases with no accumulation of Tc-99m sulfur colloid in the liver are presented. Our first case describes a patient with a history of cirrhosis and a porto-caval shunt. The second case is a woman with acute alcoholic hepatitis. In both cases, however, the liver was visualized with I-131 rose bengal. A brief review of the reported cases of localized hepatic reticuloendothelial failure is included.
Footnotes
↵* Present address: Div. of Nuclear Medicine, Cornell Medical Center, The New York Hospital, 568 E. 68 St., New York, NY 10021.