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Radionuclide Hepatobiliary Imaging: Nonvisualization of the Gallbladder Secondary to Prolonged Fasting

Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Wm. C. Klingensmith III, MD, Div. of Nuclear Medicine, Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262.

ABSTRACT

Radionuclide hepatobiliary imaging demonstrated nonvisualization of the gallbladder in four patients who were studied after fasting from 14 hr to 12 days. Two patients subsequently had normal gallbladders at autopsy, and two gave normal gallbladder visualization on repeat imaging studies after fasts of 2 to 3 hr. These findings suggest that prolonged fasting may be a cause for nonvisualization of a normal gallbladder.