Liver scan

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Liver scan

Overview

Risks

Results

Liver scan

Alternative Names:

Technetium scan; Liver technetium sulfur colloid scan; Liver-spleen radionuclide scan; Nuclear scan - technetium; Nuclear scan - liver or spleen

Normal Values:

The liver and spleen should appear normal in size, shape, and location. The radioisotope is absorbed evenly.

What abnormal results mean:

liver disease (such as cirrhosis or hepatitis)
abnormal growths (primary or metastatic tumors)
abscess
infection
injury
portal hypertension (high pressure in the liver blood vessels)
superior vena cava obstruction
splenic infarction (tissue death)
Budd-Chiari syndrome

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:

Review Date: 1/24/2005
Reviewed By: Jeffrey J. Brown, M.D., F.A.C.R., Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review Provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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