Technetium-99m pyridoxylideneglutamate (P.G.) cholescintigraphy

Technetium-99m P.G. cholescintigraphy was performed in 27 human volunteers and 81 patients referred for hepatobiliary tract disease. The gallbladder, biliary system, and gastrointestinal tract were well visualized in the normal patients and volunteers. The gallbladder was not visualized in 22 patien...

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Published in:	Radiology Vol. 121; no. 3 Pt. 1; p. 657
Main Authors:	Stadalnik, R C, Matolo, N M, Jansholt, A L, Krohn, K A, DeNardo, G L, Wolfman, Jr, E F
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-12-1976
Subjects:	Biliary Tract Diseases - diagnosis Cholecystitis - diagnosis Cholelithiasis - diagnosis Cholestasis - diagnosis Gallbladder Diseases - diagnosis Humans Jaundice - diagnosis Jaundice - etiology Liver Diseases - complications Liver Diseases - diagnosis Pyridoxal - analogs & derivatives Radionuclide Imaging Technetium
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Summary:	Technetium-99m P.G. cholescintigraphy was performed in 27 human volunteers and 81 patients referred for hepatobiliary tract disease. The gallbladder, biliary system, and gastrointestinal tract were well visualized in the normal patients and volunteers. The gallbladder was not visualized in 22 patients with histologically proved cholecystitis with cystic duct obstruction. Nine patients with complet extrahepatic obstruction of the common bile duct were correctly diagnosed. Hepatocellular disease and incomplete obstruction, with and without jaundice, were diagnosed with this technique. Oral cholecystography is superior to this method for the detection of cholelithiasis in nonjaundiced patients.
ISSN:	0033-8419
DOI:	10.1148/121.3.657