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  • Title: Perfusion and blood pool scintigraphy for diagnosing soft-tissue arteriovenous malformations.
    Author: Fukuda Y, Murata Y, Umehara I, Yamashita T, Ono C, Iwai T, Shibuya H.
    Journal: Clin Nucl Med; 1999 Apr; 24(4):232-4. PubMed ID: 10466516.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Six arteriovenous malformations were assessed to determine the effectiveness of perfusion and blood pool scintigraphy to diagnose arteriovenous malformations of soft tissue. METHODS: After injection of Tc-99m RBC or Tc-99m DTPA-HSA, dynamic perfusion and early and delayed blood pool images were analyzed. RESULTS: Four of six arteriovenous malformations showed increased activity on perfusion images and slightly increased activity on blood pool images; the remaining two arteriovenous malformations showed increased activity on perfusion and normal activity on blood pool studies. CONCLUSIONS: This expansion of the authors' previous studies of hemangiomas shows that perfusion and blood pool scintigraphy are useful methods to differentiate arteriovenous malformations from various types of hemangiomas.
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