Morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy with a false-negative result and an apparent ectopic gallbladder.
Morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy has been shown to be a highly sensitive and specific means of evaluating acute cholecystitis. False-negative results do occur infrequently, however, and such a case is reported. In addition, this case initially demonstrated an apparent ectopic gallbladder, and thus anomalies in location of the gallbladder will be discussed.
Bourekas
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Department of Radiology, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219.
Tupler
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Turbiner
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D000328:Adult; D000814:Aniline Compounds; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005998:Glycine; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D000814:Aniline Compounds; D007098:Imino Acids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D009020:Morphine; C034837:technetium Tc 99m mebrofenin; D005998:Glycine