Gallbladder carcinoma. Another cause of the distended photon-deficient gallbladder in cholescintigraphy

Clin Nucl Med. 1984 Mar;9(3):137-8.

Abstract

A case report of an 82-year-old woman with carcinoma of the gallbladder is presented. Technetium-99m DISIDA cholescintigraphy demonstrated nonvisualization of the gallbladder, with a large photon-deficient region corresponding to the gallbladder fossa, with medial displacement of the common bile duct. Carcinoma of the gallbladder has not been previously described as a cause of this scintigraphic pattern.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Aged
  • False Negative Reactions
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Female
  • Gallbladder / diagnostic imaging
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Imino Acids
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Technetium
  • Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin

Substances

  • Imino Acids
  • Technetium
  • Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin