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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Transl Imaging. 2017 Sep 11;5(5):473–485. doi: 10.1007/s40336-017-0245-8

Figure 4. Recanalized paraumbilical vein. Also present: kidney, salivary glands, thyroid, stomach.

Figure 4

A 62-year-old male with hepatocellular carcinoma and no prior radioembolization was injected with 99mTc-MAA via right groin access into the left hepatic artery and imaged 70 minutes after injection, with calculated lung shunt fraction of 5%. He underwent 90Y-radioembolization 27 days later without complication.

Axial, coronal, and MIP SPECT (Row A), axial and coronal fused SPECT/CT (Row B), axial and coronal CT (Row C), and anterior planar (D) images demonstrate radiotracer uptake in a recanalized paraumbilical vein in this patient with underlying cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Anterior planar images also demonstrate radiotracer uptake in the salivary glands and thyroid gland. Radiotracer uptake in the stomach and kidneys (not shown) was also present.