Cholecystokinin cholecystography in the diagnosis of acalculous extrahepatic biliary tract disorders.
Cholecystokinin cholecystography represents a study designed to identify patients with acalculous extrahepatic biliary tract disorders. In this study, a positive cholecystokinin cholecystogram (CCK-GB) was defined as both reproduction of the patient's biliary tract-type pain plus one or more of various roentgen abnormalities. Using these criteria, 20 patients had a positive CCK-GB. After failure of medical management, 19 of these patients came to surgery. Seventeen of 18 available for follow-up were cured of their biliary tract pain by surgery. Follow-up of this group of patients has ranged from one month to 60 months. In view of our findings plus those in other reported series, we conclude that CCK-GB provides a reliable study for the diagnosis of acalculous extrahepatic biliary tract disorders.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002765:Cholecystography / Q000379:methods*; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D002766:Cholecystokinin