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Title: /sup 99m/Tc-PIPIDA cholescintigraphy in the diagnosis of gallbladder disease

Journal Article · · Am. J. Med. Sci.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6186008

The efficacy of /sup 99m/Tc cholescintigraphy in the diagnosis of gallbladder disease was studied in 116 patients. Sixty-one demonstrated gallbladder visualization (normal) and 55 had nonvisualization. In patients with acute abdominal pain, test sensitivity is 100%, specificity is 77%, and accuracy is 83% for the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis; no patient with gallbladder visualization had acute cholecystitis. Test sensitivity for any form of gallbladder disease is 66%, specificity is 82%, and accuracy is 71%; excluding patients with laboratory evidence of hepatobiliary disease, the predictability of acute or chronic cholecystitis increases to 100%. Cholescintigraphy demonstrated common bile duct patency in all eight post-cholecystectomy patients referred for evaluation of possible choledocholithiasis. Thus, gallbladder visualization with /sup 99m/Tc-PIPIDA virtually excludes the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis, an abnormal test is a good predictor of gallbladder disease because of high specificity, and cholescintigraphy is extremely safe and simple to perform and may be used to demonstrate common bile duct patency.

Research Organization:
Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
OSTI ID:
6186008
Journal Information:
Am. J. Med. Sci.; (United States), Vol. 284:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English