A 42-year-old woman presents with severe pain in the right upper quadrant, which started
15 hours earlier. She has had episodic pain in that location previously that lasted up to 2 …

Purpose To update previously summarized estimates of diagnostic accuracy for acute
cholecystitis and to obtain summary estimates for more recently introduced modalities …

Cholescintigraphy with 99mTc-hepatobiliary radiopharmaceuticals has been an important,
clinically useful diagnostic imaging study for almost 4 decades. It continues to be in much …

VOICE Credit: This activity has been approved for 1.0 VOICE (Category A) credit. For CE
credit, participants can access this activity on page 15A or on the SNM Web site (http://www …

Objectives: To assess the respective value of ultrasonography (US) and morphine
cholescintigraphy (MC) in the diagnosis of acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) Design and …

There have been evolutionary changes in the management of pathological conditions of the
hepatobiliary system over recent years, particularly with an increasing emphasis on modern …

The use of cholescintigraphy to diagnose acute cholecystitis, biliary obstruction, and biliary
leakage dates back to the late 1970s. Today, despite the many advances in imaging …

Cholescystokin (CCK) has proved to be an important adjunct to cholescintigraphy, aiding in
the diagnosis of various hepatobiliary diseases. This article discusses some of the common …

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy is a mature imaging technique for evaluation of patients with
acute cholecystitis (AC). It is effective in calculous and acalculous forms of AC. The test is …

Thirty-two intensive care unit patients (78% on long-term total parenteral nutrition) suspected
of having acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) were studied prospectively. All of these …