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Gallbladder Visualization with Technetium-99m Glucoheptonate: Concise Communication

Veterans Administration Medical Center, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Thomas A. Powers, MD, Nucl. Med. Service, VA Hospital, 1310 24th Ave South, Nashville, TN 37203.

ABSTRACT

Marked gallbladder concentration of glucoheptonate during renal function studies in dogs prompted a prospective study in order to assess the frequency of similar findings in human subjects. Of a total of 62 patients studied, the gallbladder was visualized clearly in 17 of the 18 patients (94%) who had documented normal hepatobiliary and renal function, and who were examined in a fasted state. In 38 non-fasting patients, only eight (22%) had gallbladder visualization. These findings may prove important in the interpretation of glucoheptonate renal studies in order to avoid confusion caused by a glucoheptonate-filled gallbladder lying close to the right kidney.