One hundred eighty-six patients with suspected acute cholecystitis (AC) underwent
radionuclide hepatobiliary imaging with technetium Tc 99m iprofenin to assess the ability of …

DISCUSSION Patients with normal hepatobiliary function who have fasted for 2 to 10 hr
show gallbladder radioactivity in hepatobiliary studies by 60 mm (2, 3, 9). In the four patients …

Bile flow patterns were studied with serial 99mTc-IDA images in 19 patients with
cholecystoand choledochointestinal anastomoses, gastroenteric bypasses, and …

Tc-99m IDA compounds have been used in the quantitative analysis of motor function of the
gallbladder. However, stimuli to provoke emptying have been variable and frequently …

Sixty patients were evaluated for acute abdominal pain using technetium-99m PIPIDA
hepatobiliary imaging. The sensitivity of the test was 90.6 percent in all patients and the …

Metastatic pulmonary nodules from a well-differentiated hepatoma were well demonstrated
by a Tc-99m-labeled hepatobiliary imaging agent. Uptake of this type of radionuclide by …

DISCUSSION Carcinoma of the gallbladder occurs in 1-2% of all cholecystectomies (1, 2).
The diagnosis of gallbladder neoplasm is often made first on histological examination of the …

Choledochal cyst, first described by Vater (1728), is a localized cystic dilation of the common
bile duct and may extend upwards to involve the hepatic ducts. The disease is relatively rare …

Abstract An 125 I-or 131 I-labeled bile salt derivative, cholylglycyliodohistamine, has been
synthesized and purified. The bile salt derivative is rapidly cleared from the circulation when …

FIG. 1. Case 1. Sonogram (left): large round gallbladder (gb) containing at least one stone
(curved arrow). Tc-HIDAscinti gram at 2 hr (center): photon-deficient gallbladderfossa is …