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Thorotrast


  • previously used contrast agent
  • accumulated in RE system
    • liver
    • spleen
    • lymph nodes

  • thorium emits alpha particles
  • associated with:
    • hepatobiliary Ca
    • leukemia
    • aplastic anemia

  • dense liver and spleen
  • "bone within a bone"


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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hepatoma
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dense liver on CT
Wilson disease
bone within a bone
cavernous hemangioma of liver

 

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