Serendipity in Technetium-99m dimethyl iminodiacetic acid cholescintigraphy. [Visualization of nonbiliary incidental abnormalities]

Conference · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5301678

Weissmann, H S; Sugarman, L A; Frank, M S; Freeman, L M

Technetium-99m dimethyl iminodiacetic acid cholescintigraphy has contributed significantly to the diagnosis of acute and chronic biliary tract disorders. Yet attention should also be focused on the other structres visualized during the blood pool, hepatocyte, renal excretory, and intestinal phases of the study. Nonbiliary pathology was detected in 42 of 294 patients (14.3%) studied for suspected acute cholecystitis. The serendipitous detection of previously unsuspected abnormalities assisted in directing further work-up away from suspected biliary disease and towards the real source of the patient's acute problem in 28 cases (9.5%).

• Research Organization: Montefiore Hosptial, Bronx, NY
• OSTI ID: 5301678
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Vol. 135:2; Conference: 66. scientific assembly and annual meeting, Dallas, TX, USA, 16 Nov 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SCINTISCANNING
BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION
TIME DEPENDENCE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES
HEART
INTESTINES
KIDNEYS
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ACETIC ACID ESTERS
IMINES
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BODY
CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
DISTRIBUTION
DRUGS
ESTERS
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
GLANDS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INFLAMMATION
INJECTION
INTAKE
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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