PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Talley, Don J.
TI  - Case Report: Delineated Radiocolloid Hepatic “Hot Spot” With Superior Vena Caval Obstruction
DP  - 1980 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 30--32
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/8/1/30.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/8/1/30.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1980 Mar 01; 8
AB  - When imaging the liver in the presence of superior vena caval obstruction, a region of increased radiocolloid uptake may occur in the area of the porta hepatis. Recently, this was demonstrated with a 32-year-old male patient. With advances in electronic spatial resolution, however, the imaged “hot” area is now considerably better delineated. This artifact within the liver in the presence of superior vena caval obstruction is thought to be due to collateral intrahepatic circulation in the liver’s caudate lobe.