1990 Volume 39 Issue 1 Pages 9-15
Hepatobiliary clearance of 99mTc-EHIDA was investigated in cases with altered thyroid function by deconvolution method. The results indicated that mean hepatic transit time of all control subjects revealed less than 10 minutes. On the other hand, mean hepatic transit time of cases with altered thyroid function revealed prolonged more than 13 minutes. Cases especially showing an elevated serum concentration of TSH compared with normal range (4.6 μU/ml) had a tendency of a high incidence of markedly prolonged mean hepatic transit time. These results suggest that thyroid hormone may inf uence on the hepatic metabolism of hepatobiliary radiopharmaceuticals. This phenomenon also could partly explain the cause of liver dysfunction seen in subjects with altered states.