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Technetium-99m HIDA Hepatic Lobar Distribution and Retention Ratios in Detection of Intrahepatic Lithiasis

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming Medical College, and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Correspondence: For reprints contact: S. H. Yeh, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 112.

ABSTRACT

Technetium-99m HIDA hepatic lobar distribution and retention ratios were developed to evaluate patients with intrahepatic lithiasis. The data of 57 cases were analyzed. Results reveal a highly significant difference in these ratios between the patients and normal individuals. They are simple, objective, and easily obtainable. Thus, the determination of these ratios may replace [^99mTc]HIDA sequential scintiphotography, which is qualitative and time consuming, for screening intrahepatic lithiasis.