title: [The usefulness of 99mTc-PMT cholescintigraphy in the diagnosis of bile leakage or biloma].
abstract: 5 cases (6 lesions) of bile leakage or bilomas were experienced. All cases showed high accumulative areas in the lesions of bile leakage using 99mTc-PMT cholescintigraphy, while US and CT studies showed no specific findings of fluid-filled areas. Cholescintigraphy demonstrated communications between the injured biliary systems and other spaces very clearly. Even if the needle aspiration failed to get a characteristic bile, which were sometimes seen in bilomas complicated with infection or bleeding, cholescintigraphy was useful for the accurate diagnosis. It is also useful for monitoring the bile drainage.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shikaura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001646:Bile; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011730:Pyridoxal / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C038081:technetium Tc 99m pyridoxyl-5-methyltryptophan; D011730:Pyridoxal; D014364:Tryptophan