False-negative morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy: a case of subacute gallbladder perforation.
The gallbladder and an infected pericholecystic biloma secondary to subacute perforation were visualized during morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy. Perforation of the gallbladder may relieve cystic duct obstruction and contribute to false-negative visualization in the setting of acute cholecystitis.
Achong
D M
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Department of Radiology, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
Newman
J S
JS
Oates
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D000814:Aniline Compounds; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005998:Glycine; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
D000814:Aniline Compounds; D007098:Imino Acids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D009020:Morphine; C034837:technetium Tc 99m mebrofenin; D005998:Glycine