Improved scintigraphic assessment of severe cholestasis with the hepatic extraction fraction

Journal Article · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · Digestive Diseases and Sciences; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01536745· OSTI ID:6070787

Lieberman, D A; Brown, P H; Krishnamurthy, G T ^[1]

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1. Portland VA Medical Center, OR (USA)

In previous studies, we found that biliary scintigraphy with technetium-99m-labeled iminodiacetic acid (({sup 99m}Tc)IDA) provided excellent discrimination between intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholestasis, except in patients with profound cholestasis who had poor visualization of the biliary tree. In this study, we have used deconvolution analysis to determine the hepatic extraction fraction (HEF) of a hypothetical single circulatory pass of ({sup 99m}Tc)IDA. Our hypothesis was that extraction of radionuclide from the blood would be normal in patients with extrahepatic obstruction alone, but would be impaired in patients with intrahepatic disease (IHD). The purpose of this study was to compare the HEF in patients with profound cholestasis (bilirubin greater than or equal to 3.0 mg/dl) due to either IHD or common bile duct obstruction (CBDO). Normal subjects (N = 13) had an HEF of 100%. Patients with CBDO (N = 13) had slightly reduced HEF values (92.8 +/- 3.2%) despite profound hyperbilirubinemia (6.1 +/- 1.0 mg/dl). Patients with IHD (N = 23) had a markedly reduced HEF (43.1 +/- 4.1%) which was significantly lower than patients with CBDO and normal subjects (P less than 0.001). We conclude that the determination of the HEF during biliary scintigraphy is helpful in distinguishing between intrahepatic and extrahepatic disease in patients with hyperbilirubinemia (bilirubin greater than or equal to 3.0 mg/dl).

• OSTI ID: 6070787
• Journal Information: Digestive Diseases and Sciences; (USA), Vol. 35:11; ISSN 0163-2116
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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