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To the Editor: We disagree with the decision of Drs. Landor and Petrozzo (March 16 issue)¹ to perform two additional radionuclide imaging studies "to confirm a presumptive diagnosis of hemangioma." Hepatic hemangioma is typically an incidental finding, being present in 2 percent of the population. Computed tomography (CT) results in a specific diagnosis in nearly all cases, except those involving very small lesions.² Large, cavernous hemangiomas often have a central scar or necrosis and have progressive, nodular or cloudlike enhancement, with the same degree of attenuation as is present in blood vessels.³ In our view, the CT features in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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