The role of technetium-99m iminodiacetic acid (IDA) cholescintigraphy in acute acalculous cholecystitis

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Radiology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.146.1.6681568· OSTI ID:6257123

Weissmann, H S; Berkowitz, D; Fox, M S; Gliedman, M L; Rosenblatt, R; Sugarman, L A; Freeman, L M

Technetium-99m iminodiacetic acid (IDA) cholescintigraphy was performed in 15 patients with acute acalculous cholecystitis. Fourteen of the 15 patients with acute disease had positive findings, indicating the presence of cystic duct or common duct obstruction. One case in which the gallbladder was visualized failed to respond to sincalide stimulation; this was classified as a suggestive finding of disease. The diagnostic accuracy of /sup 99m/Tc-IDA cholescintigraphy was far superior to the other imaging studies used (8 sonograms, 1 intravenous cholangiogram, 3 oral cholecystograms, 1 percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram). The /sup 99m/Tc-IDA study is recommended as the imaging procedure of choice for examining patients with suspected acute acalculous cholecystitis.

• Research Organization: Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, NY
• OSTI ID: 6257123
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Vol. 146:1; ISSN RADLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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