Detection of acute cholecystitis in children.
Hepatobiliary imaging has an established diagnostic role in adults with acute cholecystitis but is underutilized in children. The authors report two children with acute cholecystitis, whose condition was diagnosed with the aid of a 99m-technetium-labeled iminodiacetic acid (IDA) derivative. The diagnosis was confirmed surgically.
Coughlin
J R
JR
Diagnostic Imaging Department, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Grande Prairie, Alberta.
Mann
D A
DA
D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin; D014463:Ultrasonography
D007098:Imino Acids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C046767:technetium Tc 99m iminodiacetic acid; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin