Author:
Lu Xia,Feng Lijuan,Wang Wei,Yang Jigang
Abstract
Abstract
A 72-year-old woman with cirrhosis underwent a 99mTc-labeled red blood cell (RBC) bleeding scan because of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. The images showed abnormal 99mTc-RBC accumulation in a mass in the region of the left ovary. Contrast-enhanced CT showed expansion of left ovary vein from the left renal vein, which twisted into an enhanced round mass in the left ovary area. Finally, a diagnosis of ectopic ovary varices was made, which is secondary to cirrhosis with portal hypertension. Ovary varices should be included as differential diagnoses of 99mTc-RBC bleeding scintigraphy.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine
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