Cholescintigraphy for assessing the separation potential of thoracoomphalopagus twins.
This case report describes the use of cholescintigraphy in the preoperative evaluation of ventrally conjoined twin girls. Sonography and magnetic resonance imaging disclosed an anatomically conjoined heart and a single apparently fused liver. Cholescintigraphy demonstrated that the hepatic system functioned as two independent livers, gallbladders, and biliary drainage systems that were susceptible to separation.
Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Washington, DC.
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Ziessman
D000814:Aniline Compounds; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005998:Glycine; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014428:Twins, Conjoined; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000814:Aniline Compounds; D007098:Imino Acids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C034837:technetium Tc 99m mebrofenin; D005998:Glycine