Evaluation of hepatobiliary imaging by radionuclide scintigraphy, ultrasonography, and contrast cholangiography

Journal Article · Sat Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5179897

Cheng, T H; Davis, M A; Seltzer, S E; Jones, B; Abbruzzese, A A; Finberg, H J; Drum, D E

Cholescintigraphy, ultrasonography, and contrast cholangiography were compared in 60 patients. Among those having abdominal pain but no biliary disease or jaundice, cholescintigraphy was normal in 14/14, ultrasound in 10/13, and cholangiography in 13/14. Jaundice due to hepatocellular disease was correctly distinguished from complete biliary obstruction by cholescintigraphy in 17/17 patients and by ultrasound in 14/17. In cholelithiasis, ultrasound was abnormal in 10/12 and cholangiography in 7/9. Cholescintigraphy appeared most sensitive to active cholecystitis; only cholangiography and ultrasound visualized gallstones.

• OSTI ID: 5179897
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Vol. 133:3; ISSN RADLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ACCURACY
ACETIC ACID ESTERS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BILIARY TRACT
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BLOOD VESSELS
BODY
CALCULI
CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DATA FORMS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
ESTERS
GLANDS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
IMAGES
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
JAUNDICE
LIVER
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
SCINTISCANNING
SYMPTOMS
TABLES
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
ULTRASONOGRAPHY
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES