Different patterns for bile leakage following cholecystectomy demonstrated by hepatobiliary imaging.
Tc-99m labeled iminodiacetic acid (Tc-99m IDA) studies were performed in three patients with bile leaks. The radiotracer distribution was different in all three. A diffuse peritoneal pattern was seen in one patient. Localized radioactivity was seen in two; in one in the gallbladder bed and in the other in the perihepatic region.
D000368:Aged; D001646:Bile; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
D007098:Imino Acids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C046767:technetium Tc 99m iminodiacetic acid; D013667:Technetium