In normal subjects, thallium-201, administered per rectum, is taken up mainly by the liver (heart/liver ratio in normal subjects: 0.04 to 0.12). It has been claimed that an increased heart/liver ratio is suggestive of portal-caval shunting and portal hypertension. To evaluate the possibility of using thallium-201 as a test to diagnose cirrhosis, we administered this substance per rectum to 33 patients with biochemical evidence, but no clinical symptoms, of liver disease.

Thallium-201 per rectum for the diagnosis of cirrhosis in patients with asymptomatic chronic hepatitis / D'Arienzo, Agesilao; Celentano, L; Scuotto, A; Di Siervi, P; Lombardi, V; Squame, G; Mazzacca, G.. - In: HEPATOLOGY. - ISSN 0270-9139. - ELETTRONICO. - 8:4(1988), pp. 785-787.

Thallium-201 per rectum for the diagnosis of cirrhosis in patients with asymptomatic chronic hepatitis.

D'ARIENZO, AGESILAO;
1988

Abstract

In normal subjects, thallium-201, administered per rectum, is taken up mainly by the liver (heart/liver ratio in normal subjects: 0.04 to 0.12). It has been claimed that an increased heart/liver ratio is suggestive of portal-caval shunting and portal hypertension. To evaluate the possibility of using thallium-201 as a test to diagnose cirrhosis, we administered this substance per rectum to 33 patients with biochemical evidence, but no clinical symptoms, of liver disease.
1988
Thallium-201 per rectum for the diagnosis of cirrhosis in patients with asymptomatic chronic hepatitis / D'Arienzo, Agesilao; Celentano, L; Scuotto, A; Di Siervi, P; Lombardi, V; Squame, G; Mazzacca, G.. - In: HEPATOLOGY. - ISSN 0270-9139. - ELETTRONICO. - 8:4(1988), pp. 785-787.
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