title: Evaluation of hepatobiliary imaging by radionuclide scintigraphy, ultrasonography, and contrast cholangiography.
abstract: Cholescintigraphy, ultrasonography, and contrast cholangiography were compared in 60 patients. Among those having abdominal pain but no biliary disease or jaundice, cholescintigraphy was normal in 14/14, ultrasound in 10/13, and cholangiography in 13/14. Jaundice due to hepatocellular disease was correctly distinguished from complete biliary obstruction by cholescintigraphy in 17/17 patients and by ultrasound in 14/17. In cholelithiasis, ultrasound was abnormal in 10/12 and cholangiography in 7/9. Cholescintigraphy appeared most sensitive to active cholecystitis; only cholangiography and ultrasound visualized gallstones.
mesh_terms: D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002614:Chelating Agents; D002758:Cholangiography; D002765:Cholecystography; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D003287:Contrast Media; D013667:Technetium