Hemobilia associated with hepatic artery aneurysms: scintigraphic detection with technetium-99m-labeled red blood cells

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5330225

Jackson, Jr, D E; Floyd, J L; Levesque, P H

Biliary tract bleeding is an unusual cause of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Rupture of hepatic artery aneurysms is one of the least common etiologies of hemobilia. Both cholescintigraphy and (/sup 99m/Tc)red blood cell scintigraphy are useful in the diagnosis of this rare disorder. The combination of focal obstruction on cholescintigraphy and intermittent visualization of the major bile ducts on red blood cell scintigraphy should suggest the diagnosis of hemobilia and prompt an angiogram to determine the cause.

• Research Organization: David Grant USAF Medical Center (MAC), Travis AFB, CA
• OSTI ID: 5330225
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BILIARY TRACT
SCINTISCANNING
HEMORRHAGE
DIAGNOSIS
LIVER
ERYTHROCYTES
TECHNETIUM 99
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
GLANDS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MATERIALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SYMPTOMS
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
550601* - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics