Postcholecystectomy bile leak. Serial hepatobiliary imaging and percutaneous drainage.
In addition to diagnosing acute cholecystitis, hepatobiliary imaging offers a noninvasive, physiologic, highly sensitive, and apparently underutilized technique for the evaluation of biliary leaks. As this case report illustrates, radionuclide imaging can play an important role in the diagnosis and follow-up of postcholecystectomy biliary leaks, particularly those treated by percutaneous catheter drainage.
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Department of Radiology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusets 02111.
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D000328:Adult; D001646:Bile / Q000502:physiology; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000293:injuries*; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D007098:Imino Acids; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C046767:technetium Tc 99m iminodiacetic acid