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Title: Incidental demonstration of pericardial fistula during hepatobiliary scintigraphy

Journal Article · · Journal of Nuclear Medicine; (USA)
OSTI ID:5944124
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  1. Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT (USA)
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Biliary vomiting developed 16 mo after resection of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus in a patient with a complex postoperative course. A biliary scan revealed an outline of the pericardium, suggesting a fistula. The potential role of radionuclide imaging in this rare and potentially fatal complication is discussed.

OSTI ID:
5944124
Journal Information:
Journal of Nuclear Medicine; (USA), Vol. 32:3; ISSN 0161-5505
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BILIARY TRACT
SCINTISCANNING
ESOPHAGUS
CARCINOMAS
PERITONEUM
FISTULAE
PATIENTS
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
VOMITING
BODY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
ISOTOPES
MEMBRANES
NEOPLASMS
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
SEROUS MEMBRANES
SYMPTOMS
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