title: Standing views to differentiate gallbladder or bile leak from duodenal activity on cholescintigrams.
abstract: Confusing a gallbladder or bile leak with duodenal activity is a common source of error in the interpretation of cholescintigrams. Techniques such as supplementary oblique views, delayed views, the "water test," dynamic display and combined cholescintigraphy and ultrasound have been used with varying degrees of success. As illustrated in two cases, supplementary standing views provide a simple alternative method to differentiate gallbladder from small bowel activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Center, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lette
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Heyen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paquet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levasseur
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001655:Bile Reflux / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D011187:Posture; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging